Artificial bee colony algorithm for thermohydraulic optimization of flat plate solar air heaters

YILDIRIM C., AYDOĞDU İ.

JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, cilt.31, sa.7, ss.3593-3602, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 31 Sayı: 7
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s12206-017-0647-6
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.3593-3602
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Solar energy, Solar air heater, Artificial bee colony optimization, Thermal efficiency, Thermohydraulic efficiency, COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS, 2ND LAW OPTIMIZATION, EXERGETIC OPTIMIZATION, THERMAL PERFORMANCE, DIFFERENT OBSTACLES, ENERGY, FLOW
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Determination of thermal efficiency is not a sufficient tool for solar air heaters because of disregarded energy consumption by fans. Most of the solar air heaters are equipped with fans in order to overcome pressure drops. Thermohydraulic efficiency is more favorable than thermal efficiency in terms of the design of solar energy conversion systems. In this present study, Artificial bee colony (ABC) based optimum design and operation algorithm is developed for Single pass solar air heater (SPSAH) and for Double parallel pass solar air heater (DPPSAH) which maximizes thermohydraulic efficiency. In order to solve the algorithm, channel depth is treated as a design variable, and air mass flow rate is defined as an operation parameter. Furthermore, energy balance equations are written for solar air heaters and solved for steady-state condition. As a result, optimum design and operation values are obtained from the algorithm for different collector lengths and solar insolation levels.