CFD ANALYSIS OF A FLAT PLATE SOLAR COLLECTOR TO IMPROVE HEAT TRANSFER CAPACITY
Keywords:
Solar collectors, Heat energy, Numerical simulations, Heat systems.Abstract
Low-level and medium-level solar heat systems typically use flat-panel solar heat collectors to absorb solar heat energy, convert it to heat, and then heat the liquid (usually water or air) flowing through them. Communicate. These systems are used in home and industrial applications such as water and heating. The purpose of this work is to provide numerical simulations of solar collectors built for a variety of purposes. To better understand the heat transfer capacity of solar collectors, the tool Computational Fluid Dynamics
(CFD) was used in the current diploma treatise. In this paper ANSYS Workbench is used to build a 3D collector that included an air intake, a wavy textured absorption plate, a glass cover plate, and pebbles. ANSYS ICEM is used to build an unstructured grid. The results were obtained using the ANSYS FLUENT program.
