Effect of Parametric Uncertainties, Variations, and Tolerances on Thermohydraulic Performance of Flat Plate Solar Air Heater

Table 2

Ambient and flow parameters.

Parameter	Values
Solar insolation,	Range 500–1000 Wm^−2; baseline: 800 Wm^−2
Mass flow rate per unit area of absorber plate,	0.01–0.06 kgs^−1m^−2
Ambient temperature,	285 K (winter) ± 3 K; 310 K (summer) ± 4 K
Wind heat transfer coefficient, (Appendix A)	Winter: range 9–12 Wm^−2K^−1,; baseline: 12 Wm^−2K^−1; Summer: range 15–20 Wm^−2K^−1,; baseline: 15 Wm^−2K^−1