ALTERNATING UP AND DOWN DISCRETE V-RIBS ABSORBER PLATE WITH VARYING PARAMETERS: A REVIEW

Heat transfer enhancement is a subject of considerable interest to researchers as it leads to saving in energy and cost. Because of the rapid increase in energy demand in all over The world, both reducing energy lost related with ineffective use and enhancement of energy in the meaning of heat have become an increasingly significance task for design and operation engineers for many system. This solar energy can be properly utilized by converting it first into thermal energy using solar collectors and then using this energy in various applications. Among the various solar collector systems solar air heater is the simplest and cheapest way to convert the solar energy into thermal energy. Heat transfers enhancement technology has been improved and widely used in heat exchanger application; such as refrigeration, automotive, process industry, chemical industry, etc. One of the widely-used heat transfer enhancement technique is inserting different shaped elements with different geometries in channel flow. Flow simulation analysis of alternating up and down discrete v-ribs with varying parameters is planned as research problem. The Alternating Up and Down Discrete V-ribs is considered and the height, angle and pitch are varying parameters of the geometry to analyze the output variables in the terms of heat flux. The aim is to identify optimized parameters to achieve maximum Heat Flux. Flow simulation module can be used to predicts the outlet temperature, velocity, flow behavior to great accuracy due to application of thermal loading on the work piece.