Experimental investigation of double-glazed double-pass solar airheater (DG-DPSAH) with multi-v ribs having trapezoidal roughness geometry

Abstract

In this study, roughness in the form of multi-V ribs having trapezoidal slots were crafted over the surface of absorber plate for enhancing the heat transfer rate in a solar air heater. An ex-perimental setup was designed and fabricated for demonstrating the performance of this plate with respect to smooth absorber plate. The setup has a double glazed-double pass air flow arrangement. The experiments were conducted under Indian climatic conditions (Latitude = 28.53˚N and Longitude = 77.39˚E) in September and October 2021 at various rates of air flow through the duct. The results of the roughened absorber plate were compared with the smooth absorber plate. It shows that the multi-V ribs with trapezoidal slots have higher efficacy as compared to smooth absorber plate in the order of 10.42% at an air flow rate of 0.078 kg/s. In addition, the present data of proposed roughness were also compared with data of various roughness available in the literature. It was found that the maximum thermo-hydraulic perfor-mance parameter of the proposed roughness texture is higher than other shapes of roughness texture. It was also found that the combination of double-glass cover and double-pass arrange-ment with the proposed roughness geometry increases the efficiency of the solar air heater at least by one order of the present solar air heating system.

Keywords

• Double-pass Solar Air-Heater
• Absorber Plate
• Multi-V Ribs
• Thermal Efficiency
• Thermohydraulic Performance Factor

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