Title :
Modeling and experimental studies on an indirect type natural convection solar food-dryer
Author :
Ramirez Sandoval, Sergio A. ; Gutierrez Sanchez, Hugo C. ; Diaz, Gildardo Solorio ; Gonzalez, Sergio R. Galvan ; Mendoza Covarrubias, Cristanto ; LoÌpez Garza, Victor
Author_Institution :
Fac. de Ing. Mec., Univ. Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Morelia, Mexico
Abstract :
In this work, by numerical simulation using a commercial CFD (computational fluids dynamics) code, were obtained the velocity fields and thermal fields, inside of an indirect type natural convection solar food-dryer. For validating the numerical simulation, was developed an experimental model of an indirect type natural convection solar food-dryer. The food-dryer was instrumented with thermocouples located in different positions inside of the solar collector, besides, it was used infrared lamps, for having a constant radiation heat transfer.
Keywords :
computational fluid dynamics; drying; flow simulation; heat radiation; natural convection; numerical analysis; solar absorber-convertors; thermocouples; commercial CFD code; computational fluids dynamics; constant radiation heat transfer; indirect type natural convection solar food dryer; infrared lamp; numerical simulation; solar collector; thermal field; thermocouple; velocity field; Atmospheric modeling; Computational fluid dynamics; Computational modeling; Instruments; Laboratories; Numerical models; Solid modeling; Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Heat transfer; Modeling; Simulation; Solar crop dryer; User-defined function (UDF);
Conference_Titel :
Power, Electronics and Computing (ROPEC), 2014 IEEE International Autumn Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Ixtapa
DOI :
10.1109/ROPEC.2014.7036322
