Comparative study of performance of a plane and packed-bed solar air heater / Mohd Ahuduvi @ Mustafa Wahid and Nik Sulhan Nik Ariff

• Main Authors: Wahid, Mohd Ahuduvi @ Mustafa, Nik Ariff, Nik Sulhan
• Format: Student Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2000
• Subjects: Devices for production of electricity by direct energy conversion; Electronics
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/75461/1/75461.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/75461/

Conventional solar air heaters have been found to have poor thermal performance because of low heat transfer coefficient between absorber plate and air. The usage of packed-beds could enhance heat transfer coefficient in solar air heaters. The blackened absorber matrix in heater channel absorbed sol...