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Comprehensive performance evaluation and parametric studies of single pass solar air heater with fins and baffles attached over the absorber plate
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In this paper, the influence of fin and baffles attached over the absorber plate on the performance of the upward-type single pass solar air heater was investigated and a steady-state mathematical model was presented and solved theoretically.About:
This article is published in Energy.The article was published on 2013-08-01. It has received 113 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Baffle & Mass flow.read more
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Review of heat transfer enhancement methods: Focus on passive methods using swirl flow devices
TL;DR: In this paper, an extensive literature review of various turbulators (coiled tubes, extended surfaces (fin, louvered strip, winglet), rough surfaces (Corrugated tube, Rib) and swirl flow devices such as twisted tape, conical ring, snail entry turbulator, vortex rings, coiled wire) for enhancing heat transfer in heat exchangers.
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A thermodynamic review of solar air heaters
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the developments that have followed round the globe in various aspects of solar air heating systems since 1877 up to now, with a glimpse of some novel patents of SAHs.
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Solar air heaters: Design configurations, improvement methods and applications – A detailed review
TL;DR: A review of the literature dealing with improvement methods, design configurations and applications of different types of solar air heaters (SAHs) is presented in this article, where different improvements have been made on SAHs either experimental or theoretical in order to improve their performance.
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Thermal and thermohydraulic performance of wavy finned absorber solar air heater
Abhishek Priyam,Prabha Chand +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the performance analysis of finned absorber solar air heater has been investigated analytically and the expression for collector efficiency factor of such collector has been developed and the effects of mass flow rates and fin spacings on the thermal performance have been presented and the results are compared with plain solar air heaters.
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Performance enhancement of a greenhouse dryer: Analysis of a cost-effective alternative solar air heater
Ataollah Khanlari,Adnan Sözen,Ceylin Şirin,Azim Doğuş Tuncer,Azim Doğuş Tuncer,Afsin Gungor,Afsin Gungor +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, a tube-type solar air heater (T-SAH) has been designed, analyzed, and manufactured to improve the thermal performance of the greenhouse dryer (GD).
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Convective Heat and Mass Transfer
W. M. Kays,J. H. Whitelaw +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the echangeurs de : chaleur, couche de : limite, modeles de : turbulence, transfert de masse reference record created on 2005-11-18, modified on 2016-08-08
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Heat transfer and friction factor correlations for a duct having dimple-shape artificial roughness for solar air heaters
R.P. Saini,Jitendra Verma +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of roughness and operating parameters on heat transfer and friction factor in a roughened duct provided with dimple-shape roughness geometry has been investigated.
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Performance investigation of flat plate, v-corrugated and finned air collectors
TL;DR: In this paper, flat plate, finned and v-corrugated air heaters were investigated both experimentally and theoretically in an effort to improve the performance of conventional air-heaters.
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Thermal performance of solar air heaters: Mathematical model and solution procedure
TL;DR: In this paper, a mathematical model and solution procedure for predicting the thermal performance of single-pass solar air collectors is presented, where the surface temperatures of the walls surrounding the air streams were assumed uniform whereas the air temperatures were assumed to vary linearly along the collector.
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Thermal performance investigation of double pass-finned plate solar air heater
TL;DR: In this article, the double pass-finned plate solar air heater was investigated theoretically and experimentally under Tanta (latitude, 30° 47'N and longitude, 31°E) prevailing weather conditions.
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