Heat transfer and friction in rectangular solar air heater duct having spherical and inclined rib protrusions as roughness on absorber plate

In this work, an experimental investigation on heat and fluid flow characteristics of artificially roughened solar air heater duct has been carried out. The roughness and operating parameters covered a range of Reynolds number (Re) from 2000 to 20000, relative roughness pitch (P/e) from 15 to 30, relative rib length (r/g) from 0.4 to 1.0, and relative rib pitch (P_r/P) from 0.2 to 0.8. Other parameters, i.e., relative roughness height (e/D), angle of attack (α), and relative roughness gap are kept constant. Results show that the considerable enhancement in Nusselt number and Thermo-hydraulic performance has been obtained with an increase in friction factor using roughened surface.     

Effect of roughness elements on thermal and thermohydraulic performance of double pass solar air heater duct having discrete multi V-shaped and staggered rib roughness on both sides of the absorber plate

In this work, an experimental setup consisting of a double pass solar air heater duct provided with discrete multi V-shaped and staggered rib as artificial roughness on both sides of the absorber plate has been designed and fabricated. The parameters of interest investigated experimentally cover a wide range of Reynolds number (Re) from 2000 to 20000, relative staggered rib pitch (p’/p) from 0.2 to 0.8, relative staggered rib size (r/e) from 1 to 4, and relative roughness width (W/w) from 5 to 8. Experimental data related to heat transfer, pressure loss, and thermohydraulic performance has been determined. Substantial improvement has been obtained with some penalty of friction losses.     

Heat transfer and friction factor correlation development for double-pass solar air heater having V-shaped ribs as roughness elements

In this present study, an experimental investigation has been carried out for a roughened double-pass solar air heater. The respective variation in other parameters, such as relative roughness pitch (p/e), relative roughness height (e/D_h), and angle of attack (α), were 5–20, 0.022–0.044, and 30°–75°, respectively. The effect of roughness and operating parameters on Nusselt number (Nu) and friction factor (f) has been determined, and the results are compared with those of a smooth absorber plate; considerable enhancement in both heat transfer and friction factor is noticed. Utilizing these experimental data, correlations for Nusselt number and friction factor correlations were also developed.     

新型平板热管式太阳能集热技术

利用二维微通道阵列平板热管,提出了全新平板式太阳能集热技术及其热水系统,测试了平板微热管基本性能,将其应用于平板太阳能热水器,研制成功了新型平板热管式太阳能热水器,测试了热水器性能,其逐时最高效率为87.82%,日平均效率高达65.98%,且不受时域和地域限制,并具有成本低、抗冻、承压、紧凑、轻巧、不结垢等优点,整体性能优越,应用前景极其广阔。     

Performance and cost analysis of two-pass solar air heaters

In this study the ratio of the annual cost and the annual energy gain has been calculated for two-pass solar air heaters with single and double covers above the absorber. The cost-benefit ratios of the collectors are examined over a wide range of design and operational parameter (ṁ, L, D1 and D2) and compared with those of single-pass collectors with no cover, a single cover and a double cover, as studied by the authors previously. For shorter duct lengths and lower air mass flow rates, the performance of the two-pass air heater with a single cover is found to be most cost-effective, as compared to the other designs.     

双热源空调-热水器一体机冬季制热的实验研究

冬季室外温度低时,空气源热泵系统的蒸发器会结霜,使系统COP降低。所设计的空调-热水器一体机可以制冷、制热、一年四季提供生活用热水。冬季室外温度低时,用太阳能加热后的水作为热泵的低温热源,可以提高热泵的效率。分别用空气源蒸发器和水源蒸发器独立工作使系统给房间制热,实验结果发现水源蒸发器工作时系统的COP平均值为3.56,空气源蒸发器工作时的COP平均值为2.51。     

Friction noise technique for the measurement of surface roughness of papers

Surface roughness is one of the most important attributes of paper and its measurement is normally used in quality control applications. Currently, measurement of surface roughness is done by using air leakage, optical, or subjective methods. In this article, an acoustical method for the determination of surface roughness of papers is described. The method is applied off-line and uses the friction noise recorded when a small brush slide over the surface of the paper. The analysis is done consider the friction noise ranging from 300 Hz to 10 kHz. Considering that friction noise is associated to surface roughness, a signal analysis algorithm was developed to take advantage of this fact. The algorithm consists of a frequency-domain feature extraction routine and an artificial neural network that represents the variation of the spectral features in a roughness scale. The results show that an affordable and efficient friction noise based system can be used for measuring surface roughness of tissue papers and other soft surfaces as an alternative to other methods.     

微槽道内气体流动特性的实验研究

搭建了微槽道的单相实验台,分析了氮气在不同深／宽比、长径比及水力直径的微槽道中流动特性。层流区的摩擦常数与理论预测值吻合较好（除L=20mm工况）,层流到湍流的转捩均有不同程度的提前（转捩Re数在1000左右）;在湍流区,槽道的长径比变小、相对粗糙度的增大（或水力直径的减小）及长度的减小可使流动阻力增大;拟合出了湍流区...     

Spiral phase-change material for enhancing natural circulation solar water heater: An experimental study

This article studies the use of spiral phase-change material as an energy storage to improve the performance of a domestic solar water heater. The heating and cooling tests have been conducted for the vertical and horizontal position of the phase-change material in the water heater tank. The vertical position phase-change material yields better results than horizontal position. The charging energy and system thermal efficiencies of the tank are increased up to 20% and 12%, respectively, when the phase-change material is kept vertically. Also, it is observed that better heat transfer coefficient between water and phase-change material and upgraded thermal stratification during the cooling tests.     

Energy and Entropy Analyses of a Pilot-Scale Dual Heating HDH Desalination System

This study focuses on energy and entropy analysis to theoretically investigate the performance of a pilot scale dual heated humidification-dehumidification (HDH) desalination system. Two cases of HDH systems are considered in the analysis. The first case is a dual heated (DH) cycle consisting of 1.59 kW air heater and 1.42 kW water heater with a heat rate ratio of 0.89 (CAOW-DH-I). Whereas the second case is a dual heated HDH cycle comprising of 1.59 kW air heater and 2.82 kW water heater with a heat rate ratio of 1.77 (CAOW-DH-II). As a first step, mathematical code was developed based on heat and mass transfer and entropy generation within the major components of the system. The code was validated against the experimental data obtained from a pilot scale HDH system and was found to be in a good agreement with the experimental results. Theoretical results revealed that there is an optimal mass flowrate ratio at which GOR is maximized, and entropy generation is minimized. Furthermore, the degree of irreversibility within the humidifier component is low and approaches zero, while the specific entropy generation within other components are relatively high and are of the same order of magnitude. Entropy analysis also showed that the dual heated system with heat rate ratio greater than unity is better than the one with heat rate ratio less than unity.     

EFFECTS OF SURFACE ROUGHNESS ON FORCED CONVECTION AND FRICTION IN TRIANGULAR DUCTS

Experimental investigations had been conducted to study the forced convective heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of the hydrodynamic fully developed turbulent flow in horizontal equilateral triangular ducts fabricated with Ike same length and hydraulic diameter but different surface roughness of 1.2, 3.0, and 11.5 μm. The experiments were performed with hydraulic diameter-based Reynolds number ranging from 7,000 to 20,000. The entire inner wall of the duct was heated uniformly, while the outer surface was thermally insulated. It was found that the variation of Stanton number (St) with friction factor (f) can be expressed by a relationship of St = C * f, where the constant (C) increases from 0.41 to 0.50 when the surface roughness is increased from 1,2 to 11.5 μm. It was also concluded that the duct with a higher surface roughness will have better heat transfer performance. Nondimensional expressions for the determination of the heat transfer coefficient and friction factor of the equilateral triangular ducts with different surface roughness were also developed.     

Thermodynamic design and assessment of hybrid double absorption solar cooling systems

This communication presents an investigation of the thermodynamic design and feasibility assessment of hybrid double-absorption solar cooling systems. The systems considered are conventional closed-cycle and open-cycle absorption systems with an additional open-absorber component through which the process room air is passed, cooled and dehumidified. The cooling produced in the evaporator is utilized to remove heat from the open absorber as well as the process air being circulated. Thermodynamic modelling of system components for a fixed set of operating conditions and with water-LiBr as working fluid have been carried out and the system COP predicted as a function of regenerator temperature, mass flow ratio and latent heat load in the process air and the ambient air. A comparative study of the open and closed cycle options has been made and detailed parametric results are presented. It is concluded that the hybrid double-absorption solar cooling systems are better in performance than conventional systems and an open-cycle double-absorption system is even more attractive and cost effective as compared to closed-cycle option.     

An open cycle absorption heat pump

The absorption cycle can be also of the open type. This concept has been utilized in developing solar cooling absorption systems. Another possibility not yet investigated is an open cycle absorption heat pump. The system rests upon the utilization of a packed tower operating with liquid desiccants. The tower dehumidifies both the exhausted air of heating plant and the exhaust of a natural gas boiler. A conventional heater heats up the regenerator of the sorbent and the inlet air. Simulations give a PER of the system (the open cycle heat pump) higher than 1.3 with respect to the Gross Calorific Value of natural gas. This value is difficult to obtain with the more complex closed cycle absorption or vapour compression cycle motor driven heat pump.     

高温相变蓄热电采暖器蓄放热特性的实验研究

本文对自研得高温相变蓄热电采暖器的蓄放热性能进行了实验研究,表明该电采暖器蓄热密度高,蓄放热性能稳定;针对放热末期散热进行了空气通道强化散热实验研究,结果表明其内部结构合理,蓄热时隔热性能好,放热时放热速率可满足普通取暖要求。     

高性能太阳能固体吸附式制冷与供热联合循环研究

以电加热器为热驱动源,对所提出的太阳能供热与制冷联合循环的复合机系统进行了实际测试及性能分析。实验结果表明,供热与制冷联合循环的复合机装置,能有效地应用于太阳能为驱动源的固体吸附式制冷装置之中,并在制冷的同时对外供热,系统的总能利用得到了较大的提高,为太阳能制冷技术的有效利用作出了积极的探索。     

Étude théorique du comportement thermique d'un capteur solaire plan à air à couverture combinée plastique-vitre

The air heater studied in this paper is made of an external transparent plastic cover, such as plexiglas, the role of which is to protect the collector from accidentally thrown stones and an internal transparent glass cover which produces the necessary greenhouse effect for heating the absorber. An analysis of the unsteady state heat exchanges in such a collector is presented. It is shown that at quasi-steady state the energy balance equations of the components of the heater cascade into a single first order differential equation, which is able to predict the thermal behaviour of the collector. The solution of this differential equation is written down as an explicit expression of the local temperature of the fluid flowing in the collector in terms of the time-dependent incident solar intensity. The effect of various parameters such as the inlet fluid temperature, the mass flow rate and the depth of the air channel on the thermal performances of the combined plastic-glass air collector is also studied.     

A brief review on the wear mechanisms and interfaces of carbon based materials

Abstract

The demand for reducing wear and friction has become the chief aim in the automotive industry nowadays. The usage of lubricant is not considered enough as there is still room for improvements. As a solution, much research has arisen towards what we called self-lubricating ideas, in order to reduce friction better than lubricant. This paper presents an overview wear mechanism and the interface of carbon-based materials. This paper will also discuss the interfaces by carbon as substrate and coating layer. The findings show that for metals, the predominant wear mechanisms were abrasion and fatigue. Meanwhile, for polymers and coating (DLC), they were abrasive along with adhesive wear. The surface roughness of the substrate plays a crucial role in increasing the excellent performance of the DLC coating. The interfaces of carbon elements definitely give huge impact on both self-lubricant materials and coatings where the coefficient of friction and wear rate changes drastically even with 1 wt.% addition. Nevertheless, a clear understanding of the factors that affect the tribological performance is very essential in performance improvement for potential applications.     

Post-Newtonian limit of Finsler space theories of gravity and solar system tests

Finsler geometry is considered as a wider framework for analysing solar system tests of theories of gravity than is afforded by Riemannian geometry. The post-Newtonian limit for the spherically symmetric one-body problem is examined by expanding the Finsler metric about the Minkowski space of Special Relativity for those Finsler spaces whose null surface is Riemannian. In such a framework there are five PPN parameters instead of the three in Riemannian geometry. The classical solar system tests can readily be satisfied leaving two arbitrary parameters. These parameters could be determined from measurements of the second order gravitational red-shift and periodic perturbations in particle orbits, thus providing a consistency check on the Riemannian metric hypothesis of General Relativity. Such an experiment is possible on a satellite on an orbit with perihelion of a few solar radii.     

立式集热板太阳能热气流电站系统研究

设计了一种立式集热板式太阳能热气流电站,分析了该系统的最大输出功率及能量转换率。数学模型考虑了系统尺寸、太阳辐射及环境条件对系统最大输出功率的影响。结果表明系统最大输出功率不仅是烟囱高度的函数,同时与太阳辐射及环境参数有很大关系。受结构限制,在太阳辐射强度为1000 W/m~2、烟囱高度为100m时,本系统能量转换率约为0.2%,在设计上可考虑采用多条集热式烟囱通道并联方式来增加集热面积,以达到提高系统最大输出功率的目的。     

Study of efficiency enhancement in layered geometry of excitonic-plasmonic solar cell

The nano-plasmonic effect on the organic solar cell (OSC) considering different materials, thickness, configurations and geometry has been considered. A theoretical modelling based on exciton-plasmon coupling using first principle approach was done to see the effect of incident photon to current collection efficiency of OSC in the direction to achieve efficient light trapping. For the present numerical model, uniform sized silver Nanoparticle were considered to be embedded in the active layer poly-(4’-(1”, 4”, 7”-trioaoctyl) phenyl) thiophanyl (PEOPT) of OSC. The coupling of local electromagnetic field due to metallic nano-plasmonic antenna resulted in the enhanced overall performance of the OSC. Optimized efficiency calculations suggested that there is nearly 1.6 % of enhancement in the efficiency (IPCE) due to plasmonic coupling to excitonic cell.