scholarly journals Enhanced Solar Air Heaters for Crop Drying

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Kamlesh Sahu ◽  
◽  
Gyaneshwar Sanodiya ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Roughness Element ◽  
Air Flow ◽  
Thermal Capacity ◽  
Solar Air Heater ◽  
Artificial Roughness ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Absorber Plate

Solar air heaters are placed on farms to provide heat for the drying of grain and crop harvesting and harvesting. The results of the thermal study showed that solar air heaters are capable of providing a sufficient increase in air temperature under the majority of crop drying circumstances studied. The restricted thermal capacity of air, as well as the low heat transfer coefficient between the absorber plate and the air flow via the ducting system, both contribute to the overall thermal efficiency of solar air heaters. Solar air heaters must be more efficient in order to be more affordable. This may be accomplished by increasing the heat transfer coefficient between the absorber plate and the air flow passing through the duct. More heat transfer coefficients can be increased by using either active or passive approaches. In most situations, it may be cost-effective to use solar air heaters and incorporate artificial roughness on the absorber plate. The rate of heat transmission from the solar air heater's duct to the fluid flow may be increased by creating artificial roughness on the surface of the duct. The study focused on several roughness element geometries for solar air heater ducts, and the results indicated that there is a link between the two. This paper attempts to find ways to artificially increase the heat transfer capacity of solar air heaters' ducts by using element geometries which have been utilised in solar air heaters' heat transfer devices.

scholarly journals Enhanced Solar Air Heaters For Crop Drying

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Kamlesh Sahu ◽  
◽  
Gyaneshwar Sanodiya ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Roughness Element ◽  
Air Flow ◽  
Thermal Capacity ◽  
Solar Air Heater ◽  
Artificial Roughness ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Absorber Plate

Solar air heaters are placed on farms to provide heat for the drying of grain and crop harvesting and harvesting. The results of the thermal study showed that solar air heaters are capable of providing a sufficient increase in air temperature under the majority of crop drying circumstances studied. The restricted thermal capacity of air, as well as the low heat transfer coefficient between the absorber plate and the air flow via the ducting system, both contribute to the overall thermal efficiency of solar air heaters. Solar air heaters must be more efficient in order to be more affordable. This may be accomplished by increasing the heat transfer coefficient between the absorber plate and the air flow passing through the duct. More heat transfer coefficients can be increased by using either active or passive approaches. In most situations, it may be cost-effective to use solar air heaters and incorporate artificial roughness on the absorber plate. The rate of heat transmission from the solar air heater’s duct to the fluid flow may be increased by creating artificial roughness on the surface of the duct. The study focused on several roughness element geometries for solar air heater ducts, and the results indicated that there is a link between the two. This paper attempts to find ways to artificially increase the heat transfer capacity of solar air heaters’ ducts by using element geometries which have been utilised in solar air heaters’ heat transfer devices.

scholarly journals A Review on Heat Transfer Enhancement of Solar Air Heater Using Various Artificial Roughed Geometries

2021 ◽  
Vol 89 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-133
Author(s):  
Sudharani Panda ◽  
Rakesh Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Heat Transfer Rate ◽  
Transfer Rate ◽  
Heated Surface ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Solar Air Heater ◽  
Artificial Roughness ◽  
Air Heater

Solar air heater acts as one of the important components in utilization of solar energy. The air heater absorbs the irradiance and converts it into heat energy at the absorbing surface. The thermal energy is further use in heating flowing air through the duct. Solar air heaters are cost effective as well as simple in design. Solar air heater can be used in space heating, timber seasoning and agricultural drying. In spite of all these advantages the solar air heater has certain challenges such as the air has low heat transfer coefficient. The heat transfer rate from the heated absorber surface to the air is low. Hence in order to enhance the heat transfer coefficient the surface area either increases or the flow made to be turbulent. In order to do so the artificial roughened element must be incorporated on the heated surface. The use of artificial roughness is considered as an effective technique to enhance the heat transfer rate of fluid flowing through the duct of solar air heater. The heat transfer and friction characteristics of number of roughness geometries incorporated solar air heater have been investigated. In this paper an attempt has been made to review on element geometries used as artificial roughness in solar air heater in order to improve thermal and thermo hydraulic performance of solar air heater ducts.

scholarly journals Performance Analysis of Solar Air Heater using CFD Simulation

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ambreesh Prasad Shukla ◽  
Rakesh Kushwaha ◽  
Bhupendra Gupta ◽  
Anand Bisen
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Solar Energy ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Cfd Simulation ◽  
Solar Air Heater ◽  
Outlet Temperature ◽  
Absorber Plate ◽  
Air Heater ◽  
Research Article

Solar energy has emerged as one of the alternate to conventional sources of energy. Solar air heaters are one of the important devices to utilize solar energy. But, poor heat transfer coefficient is one of the major problem in solar air heater. In this research article, an attempt is made to increase heat transfer coefficient of solar air heater by putting Hollow bodies over the absorber plate. These resulted in increase in heat transfer coefficient, efficiency and increase in outlet temperature of air simultaneously

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