Heat transfer augmentation in solar heat exchanger duct with louver-punched V-baffles

P Promvonge, P Promthaisong, S Skullong - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Experimental and numerical thermal performance in solar receiver heat exchanger with trapezoidal louvered winglet and wavy groove

P Promvonge, P Promthaisong, S Skullong - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
A numerical and experimental study on the thermal–hydraulic performance of a solar
receiver heat exchanger (SRH) equipped with a newly designed longitudinal-vortex …

Numerical study of the cooling effect of a PVT on its thermal and electrical efficiency using a Cu tube of different diameters and lengths

S Aghakhani, M Afrand, A Karimipour, R Kalbasi… - Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The modeling of the cooling of solar panels (SP) using a copper tube is done in this article.
The SP is 60 W with dimensions of 68× 70 cm. The effective variables include the diameter …

Influence of artificial roughness parametric variation on thermal performance of solar thermal collector: An experimental study, response surface analysis and ANN …

R Kumar, R Nadda, S Kumar, A Razak… - Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The influence of the attack angle (α a) of the perforated baffles on thermohydraulic
performance η p of a solar thermal collector (STC) has been investigated experimentally …

Carbon nanotubes/paraffin wax nanocomposite for improving the performance of a solar air heating system

NA Habib, AJ Ali, MT Chaichan, M Kareem - Thermal Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The study aims to demonstrate the possibility of taking advantage of the high solar radiation
in Iraq effectively in heating the air for worming rooms and buildings in winter. The optimal …

Experimental investigation of impact of the energy storage medium on the thermal performance of double pass solar air heater

R Kumar, S Kumar, A Afzal, AM Manokar… - Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this research work, a solar air heater with double pass (SAHD) configuration having
different porous mediums on its absorber plate is experimentally investigated. The stone …

A study on the effects of forced air-cooling enhancements on a 150 W solar photovoltaic thermal collector for green cities

A Shrivastava, JPA Jose, YD Borole… - Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The major goal of this research is to identify optimal arrangement of forced cooling
enhancements such as baffles and fins. This research focuses to determine the effect of the …

Heat transfer and friction factor correlations for an impinging air jets solar thermal collector with arc ribs on an absorber plate

R Kumar, R Nadda, S Kumar, K Kumar, A Afzal… - Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
The thermal enhancement characteristics of a solar thermal collector (STC) roughened with
single arc protrusion ribs are investigated. Out of various techniques used for enhancing the …

Hydrothermal effects of using two twisted tape inserts in a parabolic trough solar collector filled with MgO-MWCNT/thermal oil hybrid nanofluid

AA Alnaqi, J Alsarraf, AAAA Al-Rashed - Sustainable Energy Technologies …, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite the studies that have been done on boosting the performance of solar collectors,
their efficiency is still not acceptable and therefore, it is necessary to provide new solutions …

Improvement of the thermal and hydraulic performance of parabolic trough collectors using hybrid nanofluids and novel turbulators with holes and ribs

MM Alqarni, EE Mahmoud, EA Algehyne… - Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, innovative methods to improve the thermal efficiency and hydraulic
performance of parabolic trough collectors are presented by locating different turbulators in …