The Effect of Fin Placement on the Efficiency of Solar Air Collectors

Authors

  • Kamel Y. Youssef Department of Aeronautical Mechanics Engineering, Faculty of Aeronautical Sciences, Bright Star University, El-Brega, Libya
  • Salahaddin M. Sahboun Entrepreneurship & Innovation Canter, Bright Star University, El-Brega, Libya
  • Ahmed M. Iskandar Department of Renewable Energy Engineering Technologies, Faculty of Technical Engineering, University of Tartous, Syria

Keywords:

Solar air collectors, Convection coefficient, Thermal efficiency, Fins

Abstract

This work presents the results of an experimental investigation of the performance for a solar flat plate air collectors with several absorber plate orders (flat absorber plate, with rectangular fins, with consecutive fins, with staggered fins) in order to increase the convection coefficient between the absorber plate and the air which is used as a fluid of heat transfer in solar air collectors. Results show an appreciable improvement of the thermal heat performance of solar air collectors with staggered fins in comparison to those with flat absorber plate. The thermal efficiency increased for η = 22 % at a solar intensity of and mass flow rate of ̇ for the solar air collector with staggered fins.

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Published

2025-06-26

Issue

المجلد الثالث، العدد الأول، 2025

Section

Branch of Applied and Natural Sciences

License

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

How to Cite

Kamel Y. Youssef, Salahaddin M. Sahboun, & Ahmed M. Iskandar. (2025). The Effect of Fin Placement on the Efficiency of Solar Air Collectors . Libyan Journal of Contemporary Academic Studies, 3(1), 316-323. https://ljcas.ly/index.php/ljcas/article/view/115