Research Article

EFFECTS OF ROUGHNESS ELEMENTS ON V-CORRUGATED ABSORBER PLATE SOLAR AIR HEATERS

Volume: 43 Number: 1 April 30, 2023
  • Hussain Shawısh
  • Murat Özdenefe
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EFFECTS OF ROUGHNESS ELEMENTS ON V-CORRUGATED ABSORBER PLATE SOLAR AIR HEATERS

Abstract

Solar air heaters (SAHs) generally have low thermal efficiency, hence numerous research has been done to enhance their performance and to widen their applications. Although there has been extensive research on them, adding roughness elements on the corrugations of V-corrugated absorber plate SAHs to enhance their performance have not been investigated. Hence this work is an effort to address this gap by performing a numerical study to investigate the thermal performance enhancement caused by attaching transverse and longitudinal fins on 60o V-corrugated absorber plate SAH. It is also aimed to investigate the effect of same roughness elements on simple flat plate SAH. ANSYS Fluent program was utilized to simulate and analyze the three-dimensional airflow through the SAHs. The simulations were performed for three different Reynolds numbers; 4000, 8000 and 12000. The effects of adding fins on the outlet air temperature, Nusselt number and friction factor were analyzed and discussed. The results indicated that addition of roughness in the form of transverse and longitudinal fins offered enhancement in the thermal performance, leading the corrugated plate-longitudinal fins SAH to achieve the maximum outlet air temperature (315.3 K) and the flat plate-transverse fins SAH to attain the highest Nusselt number (58.4). For the V-corrugated SAH, transverse fins enhanced the Nusselt number by 17% compared to the smooth case, while the longitudinal fins offered 4 degrees increase in the outlet temperature. For the flat SAH on the other hand, transverse fins enhanced the Nusselt number by 26% as compared to the smooth case, while the longitudinal fins resulted in 2 degrees increase in the outlet temperature.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Mechanical Engineering

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Hussain Shawısh This is me
0000-0001-9930-5258
Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti

Murat Özdenefe This is me
0000-0002-8905-0885
Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti

Early Pub Date

May 1, 2023

Publication Date

April 30, 2023

Submission Date

August 20, 2022

Acceptance Date

March 31, 2023

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Volume: 43 Number: 1

APA
Shawısh, H., & Özdenefe, M. (2023). EFFECTS OF ROUGHNESS ELEMENTS ON V-CORRUGATED ABSORBER PLATE SOLAR AIR HEATERS. Journal of Thermal Science and Technology, 43(1), 81-94. https://doi.org/10.47480/isibted.1290726
AMA
1.Shawısh H, Özdenefe M. EFFECTS OF ROUGHNESS ELEMENTS ON V-CORRUGATED ABSORBER PLATE SOLAR AIR HEATERS. Journal of Thermal Science and Technology. 2023;43(1):81-94. doi:10.47480/isibted.1290726
Chicago
Shawısh, Hussain, and Murat Özdenefe. 2023. “EFFECTS OF ROUGHNESS ELEMENTS ON V-CORRUGATED ABSORBER PLATE SOLAR AIR HEATERS”. Journal of Thermal Science and Technology 43 (1): 81-94. https://doi.org/10.47480/isibted.1290726.
EndNote
Shawısh H, Özdenefe M (April 1, 2023) EFFECTS OF ROUGHNESS ELEMENTS ON V-CORRUGATED ABSORBER PLATE SOLAR AIR HEATERS. Journal of Thermal Science and Technology 43 1 81–94.
IEEE
[1]H. Shawısh and M. Özdenefe, “EFFECTS OF ROUGHNESS ELEMENTS ON V-CORRUGATED ABSORBER PLATE SOLAR AIR HEATERS”, Journal of Thermal Science and Technology, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 81–94, Apr. 2023, doi: 10.47480/isibted.1290726.
ISNAD
Shawısh, Hussain - Özdenefe, Murat. “EFFECTS OF ROUGHNESS ELEMENTS ON V-CORRUGATED ABSORBER PLATE SOLAR AIR HEATERS”. Journal of Thermal Science and Technology 43/1 (April 1, 2023): 81-94. https://doi.org/10.47480/isibted.1290726.
JAMA
1.Shawısh H, Özdenefe M. EFFECTS OF ROUGHNESS ELEMENTS ON V-CORRUGATED ABSORBER PLATE SOLAR AIR HEATERS. Journal of Thermal Science and Technology. 2023;43:81–94.
MLA
Shawısh, Hussain, and Murat Özdenefe. “EFFECTS OF ROUGHNESS ELEMENTS ON V-CORRUGATED ABSORBER PLATE SOLAR AIR HEATERS”. Journal of Thermal Science and Technology, vol. 43, no. 1, Apr. 2023, pp. 81-94, doi:10.47480/isibted.1290726.
Vancouver
1.Hussain Shawısh, Murat Özdenefe. EFFECTS OF ROUGHNESS ELEMENTS ON V-CORRUGATED ABSORBER PLATE SOLAR AIR HEATERS. Journal of Thermal Science and Technology. 2023 Apr. 1;43(1):81-94. doi:10.47480/isibted.1290726