Design and optimization of a solar air heater with offset strip fin absorber plate

Applied Energy

Volumn 113, Issue , 2014, Pages 1349-1362

  Yang, Ming ^a   Yang, Xudong ^b   Li, Xing ^a   Wang, Zhifeng ^a   Wang, Pengsu ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Offset strip fin; Solar air heater; Steady stage experiment; Thermal performance

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DESIGN; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SPACE HEATING;

DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; HEATING APPLICATIONS; INDOOR AIR TEMPERATURE; OFFSET STRIP FINS; OUTDOOR-AIR TEMPERATURE; RESISTANCE COEFFICIENTS; SOLAR AIR HEATER; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

SOLAR HEATING;

AIRFLOW; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESIGN; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEATING; IRRADIANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOLAR POWER; THERMAL POWER;

EID: 84884726150     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.08.091     Document Type: Article

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