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creators_name: Ismaeel, A.
creators_name: Al-Kayiem, H.
creators_name: Baheta, A.
creators_name: Aurybi, M.
title: Numerical analysis on the influence of inflow guide vanes in a solar vortex power generator
ispublished: pub
note: cited By 7; Conference of 7th International conference on Energy and Sustainability, ESUS 2017 ; Conference Date: 20 September 2017 Through 20 September 2017; Conference Code:134383
abstract: A preliminary experimental model of solar vortex power generation (SVPG) has been built for the evaluation of the newly introduced system. It experienced set back in the design of the inflow guiding arrangement. This paper presents a numerical simulation of swirl air generator as part of the proposed SVPG. ANSYS FLUENT software has been used to solve Navier-Stokes and energy equations in cylindrical coordinates system integrated with discrete ordinates radiation model. The configuration of the swirl air generator was modelled and simulated with eight air inflow. Each air inflow comprised of the open slot for air flow and guide vane. Two different heights, 0.3 m and 0.6 m of the air entry have been simulated. The Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation procedure has been validated with the help of results that were acquired through the measurements carried out utilizing the experimental model constructed in the solar research site (SRS) at the Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia. The computational results show that by increasing the height of guide vanes and the inflow slots the swirling strength enhanced by 50. The mass flow rate under the same operational solar and weather conditions was improved by 50. Thereby, a decision has been made to modify the existing system based on the present CFD simulation results. © 2017 WIT Press.
date: 2017
publisher: WITPress
official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85047927894&doi=10.2495%2fESUS170511&partnerID=40&md5=55ec87c2fe521b62495ec63151af9bb4
id_number: 10.2495/ESUS170511
full_text_status: none
publication: WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment
volume: 224
number: 1
pagerange: 553-563
refereed: TRUE
issn: 1746448X
citation:   Ismaeel, A. and Al-Kayiem, H. and Baheta, A. and Aurybi, M.  (2017) Numerical analysis on the influence of inflow guide vanes in a solar vortex power generator.  WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, 224 (1).  pp. 553-563.  ISSN 1746448X