Establishment of correlations for the thermo-hydraulic parameters due to perforation in a multi-V rib roughened single pass solar air heater

Abstract

The effect of variation in open area ratio (β) in a multi-V rib roughened Single-Pass Solar Air Heater (SPSAH) is analyzed in this work. Fixing values of other parameters, such as open area ratio (β) and relative roughness width (W/w), were studied with a certain range of Reynolds number (Re) ranging from 2000 to 18000. The improvement in Nusselt number ratio (Nu/Nus) and thermo-hydraulic performance (THPP) and the decline in duct friction ratio (f/fs) support the application of perforation. The empirical correlations of Nu and f are also generated with ±12% and ±7.5% accuracy.