A review on recent developments in thermal performance enhancement methods of flat plate solar air collector

E Vengadesan, R Senthil - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
The recent studies on thermal performance enhancement of the flat plate solar air collectors
are critically reviewed primarily regarding the absorber surface modifications, multiple …

A comprehensive study on the progressive development and applications of solar air heaters

V Goel, VS Hans, S Singh, R Kumar, SK Pathak… - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The use of solar air heaters (SAH) for the collection and effective utilization of solar
radiations for thermal applications is widely reported in the literature. The current article …

Prediction of behavior of triangular solar air heater duct using V-down rib with multiple gaps and turbulence promoters as artificial roughness: a CFD analysis

R Misra, J Singh, SK Jain, S Faujdar, M Agrawal… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
In the current study, duct of equilateral triangular cross section having V-down ribs with
multiple gaps and turbulence promoters as artificial roughness is analyzed and thermo …

Performance evaluation and optimization of solar assisted air heater with discrete multiple arc shaped ribs

R Kumar, V Goel, P Singh, A Saxena… - Journal of Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Solar air heater is widely used for heating and drying applications. Many techniques have
been used to improve the performance of a solar air heater but the most common technique …

Revisiting the effect of ribs on performance of solar air heater using CFD approach

AS Yadav, A Agrawal, A Sharma, A Gupta - Materials Today: Proceedings, 2022 - Elsevier
Solar air heating is a type of renewable energy heating technology that uses the sun's
insolation to convert the energy into air. It is commonly used in commercial and industrial …

Thermohydraulic performance enhancement of a new hybrid duct solar air heater with inclined rib roughness

C Sivakandhan, TV Arjunan, MM Matheswaran - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, a new hybrid duct configuration of solar air heater is analytically investigated to
improve the thermal performance of the system. The proposed design consists of parallel …

Machine learning approach for optimization and performance prediction of triangular duct solar air heater: A comprehensive review

K Nidhul, D Thummar, AK Yadav, S Anish - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents a comprehensive review of various kinds of distinct artificial roughness
employed in rectangular and triangular duct solar air heaters to aid prospective researchers …

A review on thermal performance and heat transfer augmentation in solar air heater

SL Sharma, A Debbarma - International Journal of Sustainable …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Development in solar air collectors have increased because of the renewable and non-
polluting sources of energy. The present study focused on artificial roughness, vortex …

Thermal and effective assessment of solar thermal air collector with roughened absorber surface: an analytical examination

R Kumar, M Sethi, V Goel, MK Ramis… - … Journal of Low …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The current work analyses the thermal (η th) and effective efficiency () of a solar thermal air
collector (STAC) that has an arc-shaped dimple as a roughness geometry on the absorber …

Thermoacoustics of can-annular combustors

G Ghirardo, C Di Giovine… - … of Engineering for …, 2019 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Can-annular combustors consist of a set of independent cans, connected on the upstream
side to the combustor plenum and on the downstream side to the turbine inlet, where a …