Mechanic of Advanced and Smart Materials
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Investigation, sensitivity analysis and optimization of effective parameters of roughness geometry of absorber plates of solar air heaters with repeating V-shaped geometry on Nusselt number

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Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Saeed Tahmasbi 1
Abdolreza Moghadassi 2
Hamed Safikhani 2

1 daneshkade mohandesi

2 ARAK UNIVERSITY

10.66224/masm.2026.2087180.1186
Abstract
Solar air heaters are widely used to save energy, especially in cases where high temperatures are not required. Among its applications are space heating, water desalination, and drying a range of products, including marine products that are used continuously. Since the thermal efficiency of solar air heaters is low, most research in investigating the types of roughness in terms of shape, size, and orientation concerning the flow direction tries to achieve an optimal arrangement and geometry of the roughness.

This article attempts to make the Nusselt number in a rectangular channel with artificial roughness and a V-shaped arrangement repeatable.

In addition, this air heater and the method of changing the parameters are investigated and optimized to the geometry of the roughness and operating parameters.

In this article, while examining solar air heaters and the roughness geometry of their absorber plates, a systematic analysis using statistical modeling method, Sobel sensitivity analysis, for important process input parameters including Reynolds number, relative groove height, relative groove pitch and angle of incidence in the geometry of artificial roughness of the absorber plate of the solar air heater, has been carried out on the behavior of the Nusselt number output responses.

This article also discusses single-objective optimization to achieve the highest Nusselt number using the Deringer statistical algorithm.

Keywords

Solar air heaters Sensitivity analysis
Absorber plate geometry
Artificial roughness
Mechanic of Advanced and Smart Materials

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 18 September 2026

  • Receive Date 29 April 2026
  • Revise Date 04 September 2026
  • Accept Date 18 September 2026

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