The use of solar air heaters (SAH) for the collection and effective utilization of solar
radiations for thermal applications is widely reported in the literature. The current article …

An effective method to increase the heat transfer rate of fluid flowing in a solar air heater duct
(SAHD) is to apply artificial roughness geometry over the absorber plate. The heat …

A vortex generator's ability to create secondary flow and accelerate rapid fluid mixing allows
it to effectively improve thermal performance in a solar heat exchanger duct. A newly created …

Heat transfer devices have been used for conversion and recovery of heat in many industrial
and domestic applications. Over five decades, there has been concerted effort to develop …

The thermo-hydraulic characteristics of a solar air heater with quarter-circular ribs on the
absorber plate are studied numerically. A comparison of the three different arrangements of …

Solar air heater is the simplest heating device for utilizing solar thermal energy. Jet
impingement technique can be used to amplify the performance of a solar air heater by …

A solar air heater is a thermal system which uses artificial roughness in the form of repeated
ribs on the absorber plate to enhance the heat transfer rate. Forced convection heat transfer …

This article aims to present a review of the literature dealing with improvement methods,
design configurations and applications of different types of solar air heaters (SAHs). Different …

This study presents the results of a numerical and experimental study of the position of the
baffles in a solar air heater in order to improve its thermal and hydraulic performance. The …

Thermal performance enhancement of solar air heaters is critical for efficient utilization of
energy. In the present work, a numerical study and parametric optimization of turbulent …