Numerical analysis of effect of impinging jet on cooling of solar air heater with longitudinal fins
Küçük Resim Yok
Tarih
2021
Yazarlar
Dergi Başlığı
Dergi ISSN
Cilt Başlığı
Yayıncı
Begell House Inc.
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
Özet
In this study, the effect of impinging jet cooling on solar air heater with and without longitudinal fins has been numerically investigated. The absorber plate surface of the solar air heater is modeled as a constant heat flux condition. Numerical analyses have been conducted on turbulent flow conditions (10,000 ? Re ? 50,000). The jet flow velocity has been taken constant. The effect of fin height and mass flow rate of working fluid on the thermal efficiency of the solar air heater has been analyzed in detail. Variation of the convection heat transfer coefficient as a function of Reynolds number has also been determined for finned and unfinned conditions. Temperature and local Nusselt number distributions on the absorber plate have been defined as contour graphs. It is found that the Nusselt number and thermal efficiency enhance by adding impingement jets and increasing the Reynolds number. Also, it is obtained from numerical analyses that the convection heat transfer coefficient increases with increasing the fins height. Finally, it is revealed that using impinging jets and fins enhances the efficiency and convection heat transfer up to 23.35% and 15%, respectively. © 2021 by Begell House, Inc.
Açıklama
Anahtar Kelimeler
CFD, Convective heat transfer, Fin, Impinging jet, Solar air heater, Solar energy
Kaynak
Heat Transfer Research
WoS Q Değeri
Scopus Q Değeri
Q3
Cilt
52
Sayı
11
