| Author: | Choudhury, C; Chauhan, P M; Garg, H P |
| Advisor: | Advisor |
| Date: | 1995
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| Citation: | Heat Recov
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| Item Type: | Article
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| Keywords: | annual cost; annual energy; solar air heaters; operational parameter |
| Abstract: | In this study the ratio of the annual cost and the annual energy gain has been calculated for two-pass solar air heaters with single and double covers above the absorber. The cost-benefit ratios of
the collectors are examined over a wide range of design and operational parameter (m,L, D1 and 02) and compared with those of single-pass collectors with no cover, a single cover and a double cover, as
studied by the authors previously. For shorter duct lengths and lower air mass flow rates, the performance of the two-pass air heater with a single cover is found to be most cost-effective, as compared to the other designs. |
