Title :
Performance studies on solar air collector with longitudinal fins
Author :
Gorawar, Mahesh B. ; Chandrasekharan, Anupama ; Revankar, P.P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., B.V.B. Coll. of Eng. & Technol., Hubli, India
Abstract :
The present paper deals with performance studies on solar flat plate collector with longitudinal fins. The solar air collector of dimensions 1000 × 2000×80 mm was fabricated based on solar insolation data of Hubli (15.3° N), Karnataka. The performance study has been carried out at different solar insolation, inlet air temperature and varied mass flow rate of 0.03 to 0.05 kg/s. The results show that at mass flow rate of 0.03 kg/s the exit air temperature and thermal efficiency is achieved up to 60° C and 55 percent respectively. The MATLAB based mathematical model supplements the experimental work.
Keywords :
atmospheric temperature; solar absorber-convertors; Matlab based mathematical model; inlet air temperature; longitudinal fins; mass flow rate; size 1000 mm; size 2000 mm; size 80 mm; solar air collector; solar flat plate collector; solar insolation; thermal efficiency; Decision support systems; Erbium; Handheld computers; Flat plate solar heater; exit air temperature; thermal efficiency;
Conference_Titel :
Green Computing, Communication and Conservation of Energy (ICGCE), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chennai
DOI :
10.1109/ICGCE.2013.6823520
