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 …

Given rapid depletion of conventional energy sources and environmental degradation
caused by their over exploitation, the renewable energy sources are believed to be the …

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 solar air collector (SAC) is a main device of a solar-thermal air system, which can absorb
solar radiation and transfer the absorbed thermal energy to the air. This paper presents a …

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 …

Solar air heaters are widely used in various household and industrial applications. Reduced
thermal efficiency of solar air heaters has necessitated the researchers to focus on the …

The use of solar energy in recent years had reached a remarkable edge. The continuous
research for an alternative power source due to the perceived scarcity of fuel fossils is its …

The use of artificial roughness on the underside of the absorber plate is an effective and
economic way to improve the thermal performance of a solar air heater. Several …

This research work presents the thermal performance investigation of a porous serpentine
wavy wiremesh packed bed solar air heater, experimentally and numerically. Experimental …

In this article, a numerical investigation is conducted to analyze the two-dimensional
incompressible Navier–Stokes flows through the artificially roughened solar air heater for …