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 …

Solar drying is a traditional method for removing moisture from food products. Dryers with
different dimensions and models are often used for drying food products using solar energy …

For various heating applications like space heating, timber seasoning, food drying, HVAC
processes, water desalination processes, etc., where a low to medium heating source is …

The thermo-hydraulic characteristics of a solar air heater with quarter-circular ribs on the
absorber plate are studied numerically. A comparison of the three different arrangements of …

To investigate the influencing range and optimize values of different operational and system
parameters on the double-pass parallel flow solar air heater's (DPPFSAH) thermal, effective …

This experimental study explains the phenomena of secondary flow development due to
change in rib perforation and the effect on improvement in THPP values due to variation in β …

Solar air heater is one of the important device for heating the air which is mainly used for
space heating, timber seasoning, crop/vegetable drying, etc.. To improve the performance of …

In this study, the impact of combined usage of infrared heater and nano-improved absorber
coating in the triple-flow solar dryer (TFSD) has been analyzed. In the first stage of the study …

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and exergy analysis are conducted to investigate the
impact of secondary flow produced by V-ribs on the overall performance of a triangular solar …

The influence of the attack angle (α a) of the perforated baffles on thermohydraulic
performance η p of a solar thermal collector (STC) has been investigated experimentally …