期刊名称：International Journal of Energy and Environment
印刷版ISSN：2076-2895
电子版ISSN：2076-2909
出版年度：2010
卷号：1
期号：2
页码：333-342
出版社：International Energy and Environment Foundation (IEEF)
摘要：The use of an artificial roughness on a surface is an effective technique to enhance the heat transfer from the collector plate to the air in a solar air heater duct. However, artificial roughness leads to even more fluid pressure thereby increasing the pumping power. Number of geometries of roughness elements has been investigated on the heat transfer and friction characteristics of solar air heater ducts. This paper presents a comparison of effective efficiency of solar air heaters having different types of geometry of roughness elements (discrete ribs) on the absorber plate. The effective efficiency has been computed by using the correlations for heat transfer and friction factor developed by various investigators within the investigated range of operating and system parameters.
