Mathematical Modeling Of Solar Air Collector With A Trapezoidal Corrugated Absorber Plate

dc.contributor.author	Ondieki., H.O.
dc.contributor.author	Koech., R.K.
dc.contributor.author	Tonui ., J. K.
dc.contributor.author	Rotich, S. K.
dc.date.accessioned	2020-03-05T08:56:08Z
dc.date.available	2020-03-05T08:56:08Z
dc.date.issued	2014-08-08
dc.identifier.issn	2277-8616
dc.identifier.uri	http://ir.mu.ac.ke:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/2874
dc.description.abstract	Modeling and simulation areconsidered as fast and cheap analytical tools byengineers in developing optimal solar energy systems for a given application prior to their construction. This study involved modeling and simulation of the solar air heater system. The modeling results showed a good agreement with the experimental results and the model wasused to investigatethe effects of the design parameters on the performance of SAH. It was observed that the efficiency of the collector increases with increase in both the collector length and width andthe systemattains its optimum values of efficiency between 1.0 to 2.0 m. In addition, better performances of the collector are obtained with smaller channel depths.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	International journal for interational	en_US
dc.subject	Solar air heaters	en_US
dc.subject	collector length & width	en_US
dc.subject	channel depth	en_US
dc.subject	solar radiation	en_US
dc.subject	efficiency	en_US
dc.title	Mathematical Modeling Of Solar Air Collector With A Trapezoidal Corrugated Absorber Plate	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US