부산대학교 도서관

This paper presents a solar air collector heater, which is a backup solution to reduce the energy costs caused with any other heating mode. The idea is to use solar energy for heating air and send it into the house. Solar air heating power technologies is entirely free, renewable and clean energy source, which limits the conventional energy costs increasing. These systems absorb direct sunlight to produce heat energy, and then it heats air which circulates throughout the building. In the autumn and winter, ventilation and heating requirements play an important role in the household budget. Solar air collectors are used to drive out moisture, improve air quality and provide free heating. This device can easily be integrated on roofs of a new building or added to an existing building where it reduces the amount of energy expended to heat the premises as a backup solution; thus, it can be put for drying of the agro-food products. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]