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Research of flat plate solar air collector in drying [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2021 Solar drying technology has been widely used in engineering fields such us chemical drying because of its low cost and low pollution advantages. In this review, the structural forms, materials and coatings of the heat-absorbing panels of flat plate solar
Xi Qiao, Long Weifan, Ma Qingsong
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An experimental study of a hemi-spherical solar collector under Egyptian climate
Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2021 Traditional flat plate collectors have shown, under many investigations, low system operating efficiency, which prompted the idea of designing new solar collectors operating with higher efficiency.
Mohammed A. Ebaid +2 more
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Robust design of a low cost flat plate collector under uncertain design parameters
Energy Reports, 2023 The high expenses of electrical energy needed for heating water can be significantly decreased by using flat plate collectors. Therefore, the design of flat plate collectors having optimal performance has received a lot of attention in recent research ...
Bilel Najlaoui +2 more
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An Exhaustive Review on a Solar Still Coupled with a Flat Plate Collector
International Journal of Photoenergy, 2021 In recent years, producing energy and potable water has become a contemporaneous issue in all areas, especially in rural and remote areas. It is due to the limitation of fossil fuels in generating energy and the daily increase of potable water topic ...
Ahmadreza Ayoobi, Mahdi Ramezanizadeh
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Cleaner Engineering and Technology, 2023 The solar water heating (SWH) technology is a cost-effective method of harnessing solar energy and widely used in various countries worldwide. Adding thermal storage to the flat-plate collector increases the performance of the SWH system.
Jalaluddin +4 more
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Numerical transient modeling of a flat plate solar collector
Results in Engineering, 2022 The present study deals with numerical simulation of a typical flat plate solar collector. The transient two-dimensional governing differential equations of absorber plate, working fluid and glass cover were formulated to describe the thermal problem of ...
Aouf Abdulrahman Al-Tabbakh
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THERMAL PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS FOR SOLAR COLLECTOR AIR HEATER ASSISTED SOLAR MODIFIED-QUONSET DRYER [PDF]
Journal of Soil Sciences and Agricultural Engineering, 2015 This paper presents an experimental analysis to study and test the thermal performance of a novel mixed mode solar dryer (modified-quonset form) with solar collector air heater that could be used to dry seedless grape.
Eman Mohammed +2 more
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Investigation of Performance of Solar Flat and Curved Plate Collectors through Numerical Simulations
Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology, 2021 Solar energy is radiant light as a form of thermal heat energy which can be obtained and used by means of a variety of solar apparatus. As apparatus the flat and curved plate solar collector is specifically designed for assembling solar energy as a solar
Luqman Ahmed Pirzada +3 more
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Exergy Analysis of Flat Plate Solar Collectors [PDF]
Entropy, 2014 This study proposes the concept of the local heat loss coefficient and examines the calculation method for the average heat loss coefficient and the average absorber plate temperature. It also presents an exergy analysis model of flat plate collectors, considering non-uniformity in temperature distribution along the absorber plate.
Ge, Zhong +4 more
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Entropy generation analysis for the design of a flat plate solar collector with fins
Dyna, 2020 This article describes the optimal design of a flat-plate solar collector with fins, based on the minimum entropy generation criterion. The design parameters were optimized, considering entropy generation due to heat transfer and airflow.
Milton Muñoz +2 more
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