Experimental investigation and thermal analysis of solar air heater having rectangular rib roughness on the absorber plate

Komolafe, C.A and OLUWALEYE, I.O and Awogbemi, O. and Osueke, C.O. (2019) Experimental investigation and thermal analysis of solar air heater having rectangular rib roughness on the absorber plate. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 14. ISSN 2214-157X

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Abstract

Thisstudypresentsexperimentalinvestigationandthermalanalysisofsolarairheaterhavingrectangularroughnessontheabsorberplate.Thesolarairheaterusedfortheexperimentwaslocallyfabricated.Themaximumintensityofsolarradiation,ambientandsolarairheatertem-perature were 827.87W/m2, 33.77 and 112.0°C respectively during the day time period of9:00–18:00hoperation.Thecalculatedthermalefficiencyvaluerangedbetween14.0to56.5%.Thesimulatedminimumandmaximumtemperatureofthesolarairheaterwere21and127°Crespectively,whichwereinreasonableagreementwithexperimentresultof20and112°C.Thus,the solar air heater was considered capable of handling processes such as drying of variousagriculturalproducts,waterheatingetc.withtemperaturecontrolmechanism.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Depositing User: Mr DIGITAL CONTENT CREATOR LMU
Date Deposited: 19 Sep 2019 11:03
Last Modified: 19 Sep 2019 11:03
URI: https://eprints.lmu.edu.ng/id/eprint/2283

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