Utilization of recyclable aluminum cans as fins in a vertical solar air heating system: An experimental and numerical study

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dc.authoridTuncer, Azim Dogus/0000-0002-8098-6417
dc.contributor.authorKhanlari, Ataollah
dc.contributor.authorTuncer, Azim Dogus
dc.contributor.authorAfshari, Faraz
dc.contributor.authorSozen, Gulce
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-17T12:27:03Z
dc.date.available2025-03-17T12:27:03Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.departmentTarsus Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractHeating loads cover a large portion of the total energy consumption of buildings. Solar air heating is a sustainable and low-cost alternative for heating applications instead of employing fossil energy sources. In this work, vertical solar air collectors (VSACs) have been developed to be utilized in buildings. Moreover, aluminum beverage cans have been utilized as fins to improve the effectiveness of the collector system. In the initial stage of the study, various aluminum can configurations have been analyzed numerically. Numerical findings showed that symmetric placement of aluminum cans gave better results in comparison to the hollow VSAC and VSAC with asymmetric can placement. In this regard, symmetric can configuration has been applied to the VSACs with two plenum thicknesses including 100 mm and 150 mm for experimental investigation. Experiments have been performed at two flow rates and thermal efficiencies of the tested VSACs were found between the range of 55.16-76.22%. Also, average exergy efficiency values for VSACs with higher and lower plenum thicknesses were obtained between the ranges of 8.34-8.85% and 9.84-10.36%, respectively. The overall findings of the present research exhibited successful utilization of recyclable aluminum beverage can-integrated VSACs for air heating.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jobe.2022.105446
dc.identifier.issn2352-7102
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85141767572
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2022.105446
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13099/2046
dc.identifier.volume63
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000915279800002
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Building Engineering
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20250316
dc.subjectVertical
dc.subjectSolar air collector
dc.subjectAluminum can
dc.subjectFin
dc.subjectPlenum
dc.subjectEnergy consumption of building
dc.titleUtilization of recyclable aluminum cans as fins in a vertical solar air heating system: An experimental and numerical study
dc.typeArticle

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