@ARTICLE{Singh_Jitendra_Experimental_2024,
 author={Singh, Jitendra and Lanjewar, Atul},
 volume={vol. 45},
 number={No 1},
 journal={Archives of Thermodynamics},
 pages={33-44},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2024},
 publisher={The Committee of Thermodynamics and Combustion of the Polish Academy of Sciences and The Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery Polish Academy of Sciences},
 abstract={This study aims to investigate and compare the thermal performance of a solar air heater using a passive technique to enhance heat transfer between the absorber plate and the flowing fluid. The technique involves generating turbulence near the heat transferring surface through the use of artificial rib roughness. The study focuses on two different novel roughness geome-tries: full symmetrical arc rib roughness and half symmetrical arc rib roughness. By introducing additional gaps and varying the number of gaps in the roughness geometries, the study examines their effects on the solar air heaters thermal performance. The artificially roughened surface creates different turbulent zones, which are essential to the development of different types of turbulence in the vicinity of the heat transferring surface. The study finds that an optimal escalation in Nusselt number and friction factor by 2.36 and 3.45 times, respectively, occurs at certain gap numbers as 6 and ng as 5 for full symmetrical arc rib roughness. The maximum thermal-hydraulic performance parameter of 1.66 is attained at a Reynolds number of 6 000. The study also conducts correlation, mathematical modeling, and performance prediction under different operating circumstances.},
 type={Article},
 title={Experimental investigation and performance prediction of SAH using different arc rib roughness geometries – A comparative study},
 URL={http://journals.pan.pl/Content/131251/4_AOT-00495-2023-Singh.pdf},
 doi={10.24425/ather.2024.150436},
 keywords={Full/Half symmetrical arc rib, Additional gap, Nusselt number, Thermohydraulic performance parameter},
}