A CFD based thermo-hydraulic performance analysis of an artificially roughened solar air heater having equilateral triangular sectioned rib roughness on the absorber plate

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 1016-1039

  Yadav, Anil Singh ^a,b   Bhagoria, J L ^b  

^a Technocrats Institute of Technology Pharmacy   (India)

^b MAULANA AZAD NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Absorber plate; Artificial roughness; CFD; Heat transfer; Solar air heater; Thermo hydraulic performance

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER PLATES; ARTIFICIAL ROUGHNESS; AVERAGE HEAT TRANSFERS; INCOMPRESSIBLE NAVIER-STOKES; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; OPTIMUM CONFIGURATIONS; SOLAR AIR HEATER; THERMO-HYDRAULIC PERFORMANCE;

AIR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; TURBULENCE MODELS;

SOLAR HEATING;

EID: 84891611105     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2013.11.074     Document Type: Article

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