51. Experimental performance analysis of infrared assisted solar air heater for continuous applications of drying.
- Author
-
Arslan, Erhan
- Subjects
- *
SOLAR air heaters , *THERMAL efficiency , *SOLAR dryers , *ENERGY consumption , *FOSSIL fuels - Abstract
Photovoltaic thermal-assisted solar infrared dryer and a battery-operated drying system for agricultural products were created in experimental research to lessen the demand for fossil fuels. The drying cabinet's sustainability index and energy efficiency were calculated in the experiments carried out at flow rates of 0.022 and 0.062 kg/s. As a result, the Improvement Potential (IP) index values for the two studies were calculated to be 2.42 and 1.19, respectively. These numbers are 2.38 and 4.06 for Sustainable Index (SI); 0.47 and 0.27 were derived for Waste Exergy Ratio (WER). In the two experiments, the average drying cabinet exergy was found to be 0.55 and 0.71, respectively. Likewise, it was found that the drying time is influenced by the flow rate; the drying times in the two experiments were 310 and 280 min, respectively. Additionally, it was determined that for the two experiments, the thermal efficiency of the photovoltaic thermal collector was 33.11% and 55.07%, its electrical efficiency was 11.65% and 12.38%, and its exergy efficiency was 0.85 and 1.15, respectively. The development and assembly of a brand-new, cost-effective photovoltaic/thermal collector that is based on air. Determining factors for the system include energy, exergy, and sustainable indicators. Energy saving 66.32%; Electrical efficiency increase 6.27%; Exergy efficiency increase 35.29% Drying cabinet exergy efficiencies increase %29.09. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2023
- Full Text
- View/download PDF