Design And Analysis of Flat Plate Solar Air Collector

International Journal of Mechanical Engineering

© 2020 by SSRG - IJME Journal

Volume 7 Issue 5

Year of Publication : 2020

Authors : Mr.Arunprasad S, Dr.Saravanan P, Mr.Arulraj R

10.14445/23488360/IJME-V7I5P103

How to Cite?

Mr.Arunprasad S, Dr.Saravanan P, Mr.Arulraj R, "Design And Analysis of Flat Plate Solar Air Collector," SSRG International Journal of Mechanical Engineering, vol. 7,  no. 5, pp. 14-19, 2020. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23488360/IJME-V7I5P103

Abstract:

Solar energy is an economical, freely available, and inexhaustible source of energy. Traditionally solar energy is used for drying and heating applications. It sustains life on the Earth. Due to the global oil crisis in 1973,solar energy demand increases, and all researchers concentrated on solar appliances. Uses of solar energy have increased in recent years due to decreasing fissile fuel resources and air pollution and global warming. Lots of research work is going on to use the maximum available solar energy.
In our project mainly focused on different insulation material (glass wool & polyurethane) performance checking. It's based on the Model created in CREO parametric software and evaluates the temperature difference in different insulation material, finally better material choosing based on CFD using ANSYS software.

Keywords:

Solar energy, Drying & Heating, Insulation Material, CREO Parametric & ANSYS Software

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