Search Results - "Karanth, K. Vasudeva"
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Experimental study on thermo-hydraulic performance of a solar air heater with rectangular perforated duct inserts
Published in Solar energy (01-10-2021)“…[Display omitted] •Experimental investigation of a double pass single flow Solar Air Heater (SAH) with perforated absorber duct inserts.•Effect of duct height,…”
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Numerical analysis of a solar air heater with circular perforated absorber plate
Published in Solar energy (01-02-2021)“…[Display omitted] •3D numerical DO radiation model simulation to evaluate the performance of SAH with perforated absorber plate having cross flow…”
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Influence of stepped cylindrical turbulence generators on the thermal enhancement factor of a flat plate solar air heater
Published in Solar energy (01-03-2020)“…•Influence of stepped cylindrical turbulence generators on thermal enhancement of a solar air heater is discussed.•Turbulators having cylindrical stepping’s…”
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Experimental investigations on a cross flow solar air heater having perforated circular absorber plate for thermal performance augmentation
Published in Solar energy (01-02-2020)“…•Solar air heater with circular perforated absorber plate is adopted.•Increase in number of perforations lead to increase in thermohydraulic…”
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Experimental investigations and empirical relationship on the influence of innovative hub geometry in a centrifugal fan for performance augmentation
Published in International journal of mechanical and materials engineering (01-12-2021)“…Background One of the problem areas of fluid flow in the turbomachine is its inlet region, manifested by flow distortions due to the induced fluid swirl…”
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Effect of innovative circular shroud fences on a centrifugal fan for augmented performance - A numerical analysis
Published in Journal of mechanical science and technology (2018)“…This paper presents the influence of circular front and back shroud fences on the performance of a backward swept centrifugal fan impeller handling air. The…”
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Review on the design modifications of a solar air heater for improvement in the thermal performance
Published in Sustainable energy technologies and assessments (01-06-2020)“…Solar air heaters are widely used in various household and industrial applications. Reduced thermal efficiency of solar air heaters has necessitated the…”
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Energy exergy and economic analysis of a multiple inlet solar air heater for augmented thermohydraulic performance
Published in Applied thermal engineering (01-06-2024)“…[Display omitted] •Numerical analysis of multiple inlets with Single and Multiple Vents absorber plate.•Effect of inlet duct width ratio, and hole diameters…”
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Numerical analysis of the influence of spherical turbulence generators on heat transfer enhancement of flat plate solar air heater
Published in Energy (Oxford) (15-02-2017)“…This paper presents the influence of spherical turbulence generators on thermal efficiency and thermohydraulic performance of flat plate solar air heater. The…”
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Exergy and economic analysis of a photovoltaic panel cooling with air bubble induced water jacket
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Thermo-hydraulic performance prediction of a solar air heater with circular perforated absorber plate using Artificial Neural Network
Published in Thermal science and engineering progress (01-06-2021)“…•ANN is used to predict the performance of a solar air heater with circular perforated absorber plate and cross flow configuration.•Lavenberg Marquardt (LM)…”
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Experimental analysis of thermoelectric heat exchanger powered by solar energy
Published in Energy conversion and management (15-01-2021)“…[Display omitted] •Hot and cold reservoir charging configurations yield better COP.•Increasing the number of active TEMs had a positive effect on the COP.•The…”
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Computational flow and heat transfer study on impingement cooling in a turbine blade leading edge using an innovative convergent nozzles
Published in Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering (01-02-2023)“…The present paper discusses a detailed numerical study performed to investigate flow and heat transfer characteristics of impingement cooling of the leading…”
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CFD Analysis on the Effect of Radial Gap on Impeller-Diffuser Flow Interaction as well as on the Flow Characteristics of a Centrifugal Fan
Published in International Journal of Rotating Machinery (01-01-2009)“…The flow between the impeller exit and the diffuser entry (i.e., in the radial gap is generally considered to be complex). With the development of PIV and CFD…”
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CFD Simulation of Flow in an Abrasive Water Suspension Jet : The Effect of Inlet Operating Pressure and Volume Fraction on Skin Friction and Exit Kinetic Energy
Published in Advances in Mechanical Engineering (01-01-2012)“…Abrasive particles in the suspension mixture in an abrasive water suspension jet (AWSJ) machining causes acute skin friction effect thereby effectively…”
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Analysis of a solar air heater for augmented thermohydraulic performance using helicoidal spring shaped fins-A numerical study
Published in Renewable energy (01-11-2020)“…This study presents the performance analysis of solar air heater in which spring shaped fins introduced beneath the absorber plate are investigated. Effects of…”
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Performance augmentation of solar air heaters: A comprehensive analysis
Published in Solar energy (15-03-2023)“…Over the years, more and more researchers have developed efficient ways of using solar air heaters (SAH) for collection and utilization of solar radiation for…”
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Energy and exergy analysis of a cross flow solar air heater for thermohydraulic performance augmentation
Published in International journal of thermal sciences (01-12-2023)“…This study numerically examines the enhancement of thermo-hydraulic efficiency of a cross flow solar air heater (SAH) for Reynolds number ranging from 3000 to…”
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Numerical investigation on heat transfer enhancement of solar air heater using sinusoidal corrugations on absorber plate
Published in International journal of mechanical sciences (01-04-2018)“…•The presence of sinusoidal corrugations provides higher flow disturbances leading to significant enhancement in heat transfer.•The maximum average increase in…”
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Influence of solar insolation on energy and exergy efficiency of a rectangular duct solar air heater with various types of V rib roughness: An analytical approach
Published in International communications in heat and mass transfer (01-04-2024)“…In the current work, the energy and exergy evaluations for several V ribs in a rectangular duct SAH are evaluated and compared with smooth SAH for a heat flux…”
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