Performance prediction of solar air heater having roughened duct provided with transverse and inclined ribs as artificial roughness

Renewable Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2914-2922

  Varun, ^a   Patnaik, Amar ^a   Saini, R P ^b   Singal, S K ^b   Siddhartha, ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Effective efficiency; Roughness element; Taguchi method; Thermal efficiency

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER PLATES; ARTIFICIAL ROUGHNESS; EFFECTIVE EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; PERFORMANCE PREDICTION; ROUGHNESS ELEMENT; ROUGHNESS HEIGHT; SOLAR AIR HEATER; THERMAL EFFICIENCY;

AIR PREHEATERS; HEATING EQUIPMENT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR HEATING; TAGUCHI METHODS;

THERMAL EFFECTS;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROUGHNESS; SOLAR POWER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 68049142114     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2009.04.030     Document Type: Article

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