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 …

Augmented artificially roughened solar air heaters

AS Yadav, A Agrawal, A Sharma, S Sharma… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
The use of baffles, fins, ribs, and grooves in the solar air heater (SAH) improves heat transfer
(HT). Various efforts were made to improve heat transfer rates through duct using these …

Impacts of adding porous media on performance of double-pass solar air heater under natural and forced air circulation processes

MMM Salih, OR Alomar, HNS Yassien - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents an experimental work on two trapezoidal double-pass solar air heaters
(DPSAH) having double glass covers under natural and forced air circulation conditions to …

An experimental investigation of the performance of new design of solar air heater (tubular)

H Hassan, S Abo-Elfadl, MF El-Dosoky - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
An experimental work on the performance of new design of solar air heater (SAH) called
tubular solar heater (TSAH) is investigated experimentally. In this design, the flat absorber …

Investigation of thermal performance of a ribbed solar air heater for sustainable built environment

Y Agrawal, JL Bhagoria, A Gautam, A Sharma… - Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar air heater plays a crucial role for development of sustainable built environment, which
can fulfil the need of heating load of building by harnessing solar energy. A solar air heater …

Study of the performance of double pass solar air heater of a new designed absorber: An experimental work

S Abo-Elfadl, H Hassan, MF El-Dosoky - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
An experimental study on the performance of double pass Solar Air Heater (SAH) having a
new designed absorber is performed. The new SAH absorber is constructed from conductive …

Design a low-cost, medium-scale, flat plate solar air heater: an experimental and simulation study

S Abbas, Y Yuan, A Hassan, J Zhou, W Ji, T Yu… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The most efficient solar air heater is expensive, and attempts to reduce costs lead to reduced
efficiency. The current study presents a low-cost, medium-scale, flat plate solar air heater's …

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 …

Performance analysis of triple-pass solar air heater system: Effects of adding a net of tubes below absorber surface

HNS Yassien, OR Alomar, MMM Salih - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
In this article, two triple-pass solar air heater (TPSAH) collectors have been experimentally
investigated to analyse their performances through adding a net of tubes below the absorber …

Experimental study of a solar air heater with modified absorber plate through square obstacles with threaded pin fins

PP Borah, KK Pathak, A Gupta, S Roy, B Das - Applied Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this present experimental study, a flat absorber plate of a solar air heater (SAH) is
modified through square obstacles with threaded pin fins to rate the performance of the SAH …