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Study of hot air generator with quasi-uniform temperature using concentrated solar radiation: Influence of the shape parameters

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  • Ould Mohamed Mahmoud, Ahmedou
  • Zinoubi, Jamil
  • Ben Maad, Rejeb

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The non-uniformity of the air temperatures and the slow flow rate at the plane collector exit constitute the main cause of the limitations of the solar drying systems. In order to obtain an uniform and a variable flow rate for different uses, a hot air generator using concentrated solar radiation is proposed. To improve the thermal efficiency of the generator, a study of the influence of different shape parameters is realized. The generator is simulated in the laboratory while investigating the flow induced by a circular disc heated uniformly by Joule effect at constant temperature. This disc is placed at the entrance of an open ended vertical cylinder of a larger diameter. Thermal radiation emitted by the hot disc heats the cylinder wall. The heating of the fluid at the cylinder-inlet generates a thermosiphon flow around the one created by the hot disc. The comparison of the velocity and the temperature profiles of the resulting flow permits to determine the influence of the cylinder height, the vertical source-cylinder spacing and the radius ratio, on the resulting flow at the system exit. Thus, a judicious choice of the shape parameters entails an improvement of the flow rate as well as the thermal flux absorbed by the air and a good homogenization of the air temperature at the generator exit.

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  • Ould Mohamed Mahmoud, Ahmedou & Zinoubi, Jamil & Ben Maad, Rejeb, 2007. "Study of hot air generator with quasi-uniform temperature using concentrated solar radiation: Influence of the shape parameters," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 32(2), pages 351-364.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:32:y:2007:i:2:p:351-364
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2006.01.014
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    1. Mahmoud, Ahmedou Ould Mohamed & Maad, Rejeb Ben & Belghith, Ali, 1998. "Production of hot air with quasi uniform temperature using concentrated solar radiation," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 13(4), pages 481-493.
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