CFD Analysis and Taguchi-Based Optimization of the Thermohydraulic Performance of a Solar Air Heater Duct Baffled on a Back Plate
In this paper, a solar air collector duct equipped with baffles on a back plate was numerically investigated. The Reynolds number (<i>Re</i>) was varied from 5000 to 20,000, the angle baffle (<i>a</i>) from 30° to 120°, the baffle spacing ratio (<i>P<sub>r</sub...
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| description | In this paper, a solar air collector duct equipped with baffles on a back plate was numerically investigated. The Reynolds number (<i>Re</i>) was varied from 5000 to 20,000, the angle baffle (<i>a</i>) from 30° to 120°, the baffle spacing ratio (<i>P<sub>r</sub></i>) from 2 to 8, and the baffle blockage ratio (<i>B<sub>r</sub></i>) from 0.375 to 0.75 to examine their effects on the Nusselt number (<i>Nu</i>), the friction factor (<i>f</i>), and the thermohydraulic performance parameter (<i>η</i>). The 2D numerical simulation used the standard <i>k</i>-<i>ε</i> turbulence model with enhanced wall treatment. The Taguchi method was used to design the experiment, generating an orthogonal array consisting of four factors each at four levels. The optimization results from the Taguchi method and CFD analysis showed that the optimal geometry of <i>a</i> = 90°, <i>P<sub>r</sub></i> = 6, and <i>B<sub>r</sub></i> = 0.375 achieved the maximum <i>η</i>. The influence of <i>B<sub>r</sub></i> on all investigated parameters was considerable because as <i>B<sub>r</sub></i> increased, a larger primary vortex region was formed downstream of the baffle. At <i>Re</i> = 5000 and the optimal geometry parameters, a maximum <i>η</i> of 1.01 was reached. A baffle angle between 60° and 90° achieved a high Nusselt number due to the impingement heat transfer. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3c5fb4ac5b3b4b3f9c0c79914ec8aacb2023-11-21T20:25:57ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172021-05-011110464510.3390/app11104645CFD Analysis and Taguchi-Based Optimization of the Thermohydraulic Performance of a Solar Air Heater Duct Baffled on a Back PlatePham Ba Thao0Duong Cong Truyen1Nguyen Minh Phu2Faculty of Heat and Refrigeration Engineering, Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City (IUH), Ho Chi Minh City 700000, VietnamFaculty of Heat and Refrigeration Engineering, Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City (IUH), Ho Chi Minh City 700000, VietnamFaculty of Heat and Refrigeration Engineering, Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City (IUH), Ho Chi Minh City 700000, VietnamIn this paper, a solar air collector duct equipped with baffles on a back plate was numerically investigated. The Reynolds number (<i>Re</i>) was varied from 5000 to 20,000, the angle baffle (<i>a</i>) from 30° to 120°, the baffle spacing ratio (<i>P<sub>r</sub></i>) from 2 to 8, and the baffle blockage ratio (<i>B<sub>r</sub></i>) from 0.375 to 0.75 to examine their effects on the Nusselt number (<i>Nu</i>), the friction factor (<i>f</i>), and the thermohydraulic performance parameter (<i>η</i>). The 2D numerical simulation used the standard <i>k</i>-<i>ε</i> turbulence model with enhanced wall treatment. The Taguchi method was used to design the experiment, generating an orthogonal array consisting of four factors each at four levels. The optimization results from the Taguchi method and CFD analysis showed that the optimal geometry of <i>a</i> = 90°, <i>P<sub>r</sub></i> = 6, and <i>B<sub>r</sub></i> = 0.375 achieved the maximum <i>η</i>. The influence of <i>B<sub>r</sub></i> on all investigated parameters was considerable because as <i>B<sub>r</sub></i> increased, a larger primary vortex region was formed downstream of the baffle. At <i>Re</i> = 5000 and the optimal geometry parameters, a maximum <i>η</i> of 1.01 was reached. A baffle angle between 60° and 90° achieved a high Nusselt number due to the impingement heat transfer.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/10/4645baffled channelCFDthermohydraulic performanceTaguchi method |
| spellingShingle | Pham Ba Thao Duong Cong Truyen Nguyen Minh Phu CFD Analysis and Taguchi-Based Optimization of the Thermohydraulic Performance of a Solar Air Heater Duct Baffled on a Back Plate Applied Sciences baffled channel CFD thermohydraulic performance Taguchi method |
| title | CFD Analysis and Taguchi-Based Optimization of the Thermohydraulic Performance of a Solar Air Heater Duct Baffled on a Back Plate |
| title_full | CFD Analysis and Taguchi-Based Optimization of the Thermohydraulic Performance of a Solar Air Heater Duct Baffled on a Back Plate |
| title_fullStr | CFD Analysis and Taguchi-Based Optimization of the Thermohydraulic Performance of a Solar Air Heater Duct Baffled on a Back Plate |
| title_full_unstemmed | CFD Analysis and Taguchi-Based Optimization of the Thermohydraulic Performance of a Solar Air Heater Duct Baffled on a Back Plate |
| title_short | CFD Analysis and Taguchi-Based Optimization of the Thermohydraulic Performance of a Solar Air Heater Duct Baffled on a Back Plate |
| title_sort | cfd analysis and taguchi based optimization of the thermohydraulic performance of a solar air heater duct baffled on a back plate |
| topic | baffled channel CFD thermohydraulic performance Taguchi method |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/10/4645 |
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