Solar air heater is a type of heat exchanger which transforms solar radiation into heat energy. The thermal performance of conventional solar air heater has been found to be poor because of the low convective heat transfer coefficient from the absorber plate to the air. It is attributed to the formation of a very thin boundary layer at the absorber plate surface commonly known as viscous sub-la...

To ensure good thermal performance is delivered consistently and at scale, there is a need to measure and understand the asbuilt heat loss of dwellings. Co-heating is a steady state, linear regression method, used to measure whole building heat transfer coefficients. This paper assesses the uncertainties in such outdoor, in situ, measurements due to the presence and treatment of solar gains. Un...

in this research a flat plate solar air collector was investigated under direct solar radiation consisted of a slatted glass cover, perforated absorber aluminum sheets (porosity 0.0177, 0.0314 and absorber thickness of 2.5 mm). the effect of porosity on absorber efficiency of collector was evaluated. six levels of air mass flow rates (0.0056 to 0.0385 kg m-2 s-1) were adopted.average solar ener...

This research paper presents a detailed review of the recent advances concerned with carrying out efficient solar chemical reactions by reviewing most reactors available in literature that use solid-gas or pyrolysis processes. Major groups chemistry design and manufacture wide range reactor configurations, widths, sizes, including directly radioactive particles. Solar heat up to 1000℃ can be ut...

Linear Fresnel solar collectors are a promising and emerging solution to contribute renewable heat supply in industrial processes with thermal energy demand the medium temperature range (<250 °C). An innovative linear collector (LFC) prototype has been designed, patented, built at Plataforma Solar de Almería (PSA), Spain. This work presents applied methodology, experimental device, results o...

Aim of this project is the development of a new heat pump system with economizing that is able to improve the heating performance using two or more heat sources at different temperature levels. These heat sources are incorporated into the system with minimal loss of exergy by adding the heat at different pressure levels. Practical applications for such systems are for example buildings with a h...

Multi-junction solar cells play a crucial role in the ConcentratedPhotovoltaic (CPV) Systems. Recent developments in CPV concerning high powerproduction and cost effective-ness along with better efficiency are due to theadvancements in multi-junction cells. This paper presents a simulation model of thegeneralized Multi-junction solar cell and introduces a two-bond solar ...

The problem under investigation contains a computational simulation of a specific heat exchanger with complex geometry fins. The problem solved is potentially interesting for researchers and engineers working on solar collectors and aerospace industry. It is known that heat transfer enhancement can be achieved by creating longitudinal vortices in the flow. These vortices can be generated by arc...

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