Computational fluid dynamical analysis of turbulent flow in a channel equipped with double-pass solar air collector
by Rachid Saim; Asma Abderrahim; Hakan F. Oztop; Said Abbdoui; Khaled Al-Salem
Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics, An International Journal (PCFD), Vol. 15, No. 6, 2015

Abstract: A numerical analysis is proposed to predict the thermal and flow field for turbulent flow in a double-pass solar collector. The conservation equations are solved by using finite volume method. The k-ω-SST turbulence model is used. The influence of the mass flow rate of air, which changes in range of 0.0139 kg/s and 0.062 kg/s, is chosen as the main parameter. The results show that the flow characteristics strongly depend on mass flow rate of air and the geometry of the double pass solar air collector.

Online publication date: Tue, 03-Nov-2015

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