Numerical Analysis of a Three Dimensional Fluid Flow in a Flat Plate Solar Collector

Amraoui. M. A.; Aliane. K.

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Numerical Analysis of a Three Dimensional Fluid Flow in a Flat Plate Solar Collector

Amraoui. M. A., Aliane. K.

Published in International Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy (Volume 3, Issue 3)

Received: 15 May 2014 Accepted: 6 June 2014 Published: 20 June 2014

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Abstract

Flat plate solar collectors are the most common thermal collectors used among the various solar collectors for domestic and industrial purposes. The objective of this study is to perform computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation of flat plate collector with air flow. In this paper, the CFD tool has been used to simulate the solar collector for better understanding of its heat transfer capability. Using a 3D model of the collector involving air inlet, the collector is modeled by ANSYS Workbench and the grid was created in ANSYS ICEM. The results were obtained by using ANSYS FLUENT. The objective of this work is to compare theoretical and experimental achieved work toward the given work by using CFD tool with respect to flow and temperature distribution inside the solar collector. The outlet temperature of air was compared with experimental results and there was a good agreement between them.

Published in	International Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy (Volume 3, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijrse.20140303.14
Page(s)	68-75
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2014. Published by Science Publishing Group

Keywords

Flat Plate Solar Collector, Fluid Flow, k-ε Turbulent Model, CFD

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Amraoui. M. A., Aliane. K. (2014). Numerical Analysis of a Three Dimensional Fluid Flow in a Flat Plate Solar Collector. International Journal of Sustainable and Green Energy, 3(3), 68-75. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijrse.20140303.14

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Amraoui. M. A., Aliane. K. Numerical Analysis of a Three Dimensional Fluid Flow in a Flat Plate Solar Collector. Int J Sustain Green Energy. 2014;3(3):68-75. doi: 10.11648/j.ijrse.20140303.14

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Amraoui. M. A.

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Technology, University of Tlemcen, Tlemcen, Algeria
Aliane. K.

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Technology, University of Tlemcen, Tlemcen, Algeria

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Amraoui. M. A., Aliane. K. Numerical Analysis of a Three Dimensional Fluid Flow in a Flat Plate Solar Collector. Int J Sustain Green Energy. 2014;3(3):68-75. doi: 10.11648/j.ijrse.20140303.14

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