Performance analysis of solar air heater with jet impingement on corrugated absorber plate

This paper deals with the experimental investigation outlet temperature and efficiency, of Solar Air heater (SAH). The experimental test set up designed and fabricated to study the effect of jet impingement on the corrugated absorber plate, through circular jets in a duct flow of solar air heater, and compared with conventional solar air heater on flat plat absorber. Under effect of mass flow rate (ṁ) of air and solar radiation on outlet air temperature, and efficiency, are analyzed. Results show the flow jet impingement on corrugated plat absorber is a strong function of heat transfer enhancement. The present investigation concludes that the mass flow rate of air substantially influences the heat transfer on solar air heaters. And the thermal efficiency of proposed design duct is observed almost 14% more as compare to the smooth duct. At solar radiation 500-1000 (W/M2), 308 K ambient temperature and 0.01-0.03 (Kg/S) mass flow rate