Abstract
A detailed 3D CFD computer simulation model is developed using STAR-CD to describe the thermal performance of a typical rectangular cross-section air solar heater. Five hourly times of a typical day in an arid region have been considered to depict the transient nature of the performance of this system using the appropriate solar insolation and shadowing that result at different times of the day on the solar air heater. Heat loss by convection from the back side of the channel is accounted for. The length of the channel was not enough to achieve fully developed conditions in it but was chosen equal in its dimensions with other suggested dimensions of air solar heaters in the literature.
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