Open AccessThree-Dimensional Numerical Simulation of a Flat Plate Solar Collector with Double Paths
Author(s) -
Mohammed Amine Amraoui
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
heat and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.283
H-Index - 29
ISSN - 0392-8764
DOI - 10.18280/ijht.390406
Subject(s) - turbulence , baffle , heat transfer , mechanics , heat exchanger , computer simulation , work (physics) , airflow , transverse plane , flow (mathematics) , mechanical engineering , materials science , optics , simulation , physics , engineering , structural engineering
Flat air solar collectors are used for heat transfer between the absorber and the heat transfer fluid, to improve this transfer there are several methods. Among these methods, the exchange surface lengthening and the creation of turbulence. In this work is done to give a comparison between two types of solar collectors, so we have made an improvement of Ben Slama Romdhane's solar collector by creating two air flow passages to increase heat transfer. We made a 3D simulation of a flat air solar collector with transverse baffles which causes turbulence and increases the exchange surface; we use the ANSYS calculation code to make the simulation and gives results with a brief time and minimal cost.