Use of artificial roughness to enhance heat transfer in solar air heaters – a review

Improvement in the thermo hydraulic performance of a solar air heater can be done by enhancing the heat transfer. In general, heat transfer enhancement techniques are divided into two groups: active and passive techniques. Providing an artificial roughness on a heat transferring surface is an effect...

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Main Authors: Thakur Sanjay Kumar, N.S. Thakur, Anoop Kumar, Vijay Mittal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2017-10-01
Series:Journal of Energy in Southern Africa
Online Access:https://journals.assaf.org.za/jesa/article/view/3248