Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Simulation of the Effect of Sinusoidal Surface and Hemispherical Surface Absorber Plate on Thermal Efficiency in Jet Impinging Solar Air Collector with Circular Tapered Nozzle
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CFD, circular tapered nozzle, jet impinging plate, hemispherical absorber plate (HAP), sinusoidal absorber plate (SAP)Abstract
Academic studies have been carried out on jet impact air collectors (JIPSAC) and absorber plate surface geometry in order to increase the thermal efficiency of solar air collectors (SAC) used in hot air production by utilizing solar energy, one of the alternative energy sources. In this study, a numerical comparison of the absorber plate with hemispherical surface (HAP) and absorber plate with sinusoidal surface (SAP) was performed to investigate the effect on the thermal efficiency of a jet impact air solar collector using a circular conical nozzle (CTN). Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation using Ansys Fluent version 19.2 was performed with the RNG k-ε turbulence model and the governing equations were calculated between reynolds number 3500 and 17.500. emperature, pressure and kinetic energy contours for both models are presented and discussed.
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