 Investigations on thermo-hydraulic performance due to flow-attack-angle in V-down rib with gap in a rectangular duct of solar air heaterSukhmeet Singh, Subhash Chander and J.S. Saini Applied Energy, 2012, vol. 97, issue C, 907-912 Abstract: In this investigation, thermo-hydraulic performance of rectangular ducts roughened with a new configuration of ‘V-down rib having gap’ on one wide wall is determined. Small symmetrical gap equal to rib height is created at the centre of both legs of V of continuous V-down rib. The duct has aspect ratio (AR) of 12 and the Reynolds number (Re) ranged from 3000 to 15,000. To simulate the indoor testing of solar air heater, the roughened side of rectangular duct is heated with constant heat flux electric heater while the other sides are insulated. The roughness has relative roughness height of 0.043 and relative roughness pitch of 8. Five rib roughened plates having flow-attack-angle (α) from 30° to 75° have been tested. The thermo-hydraulic performance parameter based on equal pumping power (η), friction factor (f) and Nusselt number (Nu), were found to be highest for α=60°. The results obtained at α=60° were compared with those of continuous V-down rib for same rib-roughness parameters. Keywords: V-down rib having gap; Thermo-hydraulic performance; Heat transfer; Friction factor; Artificial roughness (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:appene:v:97:y:2012:i:c:p:907-912 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.11.090 Access Statistics for this article Applied Energy is currently edited by J. Yan More articles in Applied Energy from Elsevier |
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