Author
Arun Kumar Behura
Other affiliations: National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur
Bio: Arun Kumar Behura is an academic researcher from VIT University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Solar energy & Photovoltaic system. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 17 publications receiving 160 citations. Previous affiliations of Arun Kumar Behura include National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur.
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TL;DR: In this article, the experimental results on heat transfer, friction factor and thermal performance of a novel type of three sides artificially roughened and glass covered solar air heater under fully developed turbulent flow conditions were presented.
52 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the analysis with respect to fluid flow and heat transfer in a novel solar air heater having artificial roughness on three sides (the two side walls and the top side) of the rectangular solar air heaters duct, with three sides glass covers, is presented.
44 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the photovoltaic system installed on the rooftop of the GD Naidu Block at Vellore Institute of Technology (Vellore, India) was evaluated over an entire year using the PVsyst v670 software, which works on accurate plant specifications.
36 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the impacts of various blends of Karanja biodiesel with a chain of fewer alcohols (ethanol, 2-propanol, methanol, 1-butanol and 1-pentanol) to identify the potential of higher alcohols in the production of biodiesel and application to the diesel engine were investigated.
26 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, an experimental study has been carried out to evaluate the augmented distillate productivity using nanoparticles enhanced phase change materials (NEPCM) in solar still, which is used to store the surplus solar energy, which obstruct the temperature rise and increases the productivity.
23 citations
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented a study on heat transfer augmentation in a solar air heater channel fitted with multiple V-baffle vortex generators (BVGs) during the test air was passed through the test channel under a uniform wall heat-flux of the absorber plate.
122 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a review of the recent developments in the thermo-economic performance of solar water heating systems regarding the design, modification of thermo physical properties of heat transfer fluids, integrated thermal energy storage and hybrid systems of flat plate solar collectors (FPSC) is presented.
96 citations
TL;DR: In this article, an experimental analysis has been conducted to study the effect of roughness parameters on thermohydraulic performance of double pass duct having discrete multi-V shaped and staggered rib.
95 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the grey wolf optimizer (GWO) was used to predict the yield of waste sunflower oil methyl ester (WSOME)/biodiesel (BD) production from WSO and the least square regression method was accosted to correlate the density of (0%KS+100%BD), (5PKS+ 95%BD, (50%KS +50BD) and (100%KS−0%BD) blends.
90 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the key advantages and disadvantages of hybrid nanofluids as heat transfer agents in solar energy collectors are identified. And the limitations of the presented studies, relating to stability and pumping power requirements, as well as recommendations for future investigation are addressed.
88 citations