THE INFLUENCE OF COLLECTOR ASPECT RATIO ON THE COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY OF BAFFLED SOLAR AIR HEATERS

Authors
YEH HM HO CD LIN CY
Citation
Hm. Yeh et al., THE INFLUENCE OF COLLECTOR ASPECT RATIO ON THE COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY OF BAFFLED SOLAR AIR HEATERS, Energy, 23(1), 1998, pp. 11-16
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Energy & Fuels","Engineering, Chemical
Journal title
Energy → ACNP
ISSN journal
03605442
Volume
23
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
11 - 16
Database
ISI
SICI code
0360-5442(1998)23:1<11:TIOCAR>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
The effect of collector aspect ratio on the collector efficiency of ba ffled solar air heaters has been investigated theoretically. With cons tant collector area, the collector efficiency increases when the colle ctor aspect ratio increases. This is the same results as those obtaine d in the previous work for flat-plate solar air heaters without fins a nd baffles. Although the collector efficiency of baffled solar air hea ters is larger than that of flat-plate heaters without fins and baffle s, the improvement of collector efficiency by increasing the collector aspect ratio is reverse. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.