Correlation for convective heat transfer coefficient of a solar still glass cover with mixed convection consideration

Published: 8 January 2026| Version 4 | DOI: 10.17632/zffkyjccjg.4
Contributor:
arvind kaushal

Description

All the experimental data is in the Excel worksheets. It contains data in these files (1) File name - LAT-1: (a) Calculation of local apparent time (LAT), hour angle (in degrees), (b) Calculation of fraction of absorbed solar radiation on outer glass cover (2) File name - Outer hc Glass - 2: Components and ambient temperatures, wind data, solar radiation data, experimental convective heat transfer coefficient hc, (3) File name - Outer hc Glass - 3: (a) Calculation of Rayleigh No. (Ra), Reynolds No. (Re) and Nusselt No. (Nu) ( b) Development of Correlation for Nu (c) Comparison of hc given by various correlations (d) Graphs

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Steps to reproduce

Steps to reproduce a similar calculation are sufficiently described in the related manuscript -"Correlation for convective heat transfer coefficient of a solar still glass cover with mixed convection consideration" by Arvind Kumar Kaushal, as well as the data files (self-explanatory). Pre-print version (not peer-reviewed) of the manuscript is available at https://ssrn.com/abstract=5327616

Institutions

  • Thapar University

Categories

Mechanical Engineering, Multi-Effect Distillation, Solar Distiller

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