Thermal analysis of a solar air heater for drying purposes

Deniz Alta Z., ÇAĞLAYAN N., EZAN M. A., ERTEKİN C.

Agricultural Engineering International: CIGR Journal, cilt.2015, ss.193-199, 2015 (Scopus) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 2015
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Dergi Adı: Agricultural Engineering International: CIGR Journal
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.193-199
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Absorber plate, Energy efficiency, Solar air heater
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

© 2015, Int. Comm. of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering. All rights reserved.In this study, energetic efficiency of a solar air heater with aluminum flat plate absorber was examined experimentally for airflow velocity of 2, 3 and 4 m/s. An experimental setup was built-up and experiments were compared with the results of the analysis performed by using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software. Results were also evaluated based on thermographic camera images.