Flow and temperature distribution in parallel-connection of solar heat exchanger are numerically analyzed. Fluent software is used to solve governing differential equations with boundary conditions. Numerical results indicate that it is important to take the flow maldistribution into account for a better design of the parallel-connection of solar heat exchanger. It is also found that the heat transfer rate of the optimized model is increased by 6.0% compared to that of the base type.
Keywords. parallel-connection of solar heat exchanger; flow; heat
How to cite this article
Camara, N. and Lu, H. (2006). 'Numerical analysis of flow behavior in parallel-connection of solar heat exchanger'. SET Proceedings, 5, pp. 1-6. https://doi.org/10.65582/set.2006.054
