Thermal Performance of T-Shaped Obstacles in a Solar Air Heater

This paper proposes T-shaped ribs as obstacles attached to the heat absorber plate in a rectangular solar air heater to promote heat transfer. The thermal and aerodynamic performance of the solar heater was numerically evaluated using three-dimensional Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equations with...

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Main Authors: Seung-Yong Ahn, Kwang-Yong Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-10-01
Series:Processes
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9717/8/10/1305