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EFFECTS OF GEOMETRICAL AND FLOW PARAMETERS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF CROSS FLOW JET PLATE SOLAR AIR HEATER
Rajen Kumar Nayaka,*
, Ravi Shankar Prasada,†
, Ujjwal Kumar Nayaka
, Amit Kumar Guptab
a Department of Mechanical Engineering, B.I.T. Sindri, Dhanbad, Jharkhand, PIN 828123, India
b Department of Chemical Engineering, B.I.T. Sindri, Dhanbad, Jharkhand, PIN 828123, India
* Department of Mechanical Engineering, B.I.T. Sindri, Dhanbad, Jharkhand, PIN 828123, India
† Corresponding author. Email: rsprasad.me@bitsindri.ac.in
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer 2023, 20, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.5098/hmt.20.1
Abstract
Inserting the jet plate between the bottom plate and absorber plate in a flat plate solar air heater has been proposed as an excellent option to enhance
the performance of the conventional solar air heater. This research work presents an experimental study of flow and heat transfer in a jet plate solar air
heater. Results are presented for the different mass flow rates of air
ṁ1 and
ṁ2, Reynolds number
Reja2, streamwise pitch of the holes to jet hole diameter
X/D, depth of upper channel to jet hole diameter
Z2/D, fixed number of jet hole
N and angle of tilt
θ. In the present study, it is found that outlet air
temperature, collector efficiency, heat transfer coefficient and Nusselt number are higher at lower jet hole diameter,
D (6 mm) as compared to higher
jet hole diameter,
D (8 mm and 10 mm) irrespective of the mass flow rates,
ṁ1 and
ṁ2. The outlet air temperature decreases with increase of mass flow
rates of air (
ṁ1 and
ṁ2) and jet hole diameter. Based on the experimental data, the correlation for Nusselt number has been developed.
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Cite This Article
Nayak, R. K. (2023). EFFECTS OF GEOMETRICAL AND FLOW PARAMETERS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF CROSS FLOW JET PLATE SOLAR AIR HEATER.
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, 20(1), 1–9.