Combined Experimental and CFD Investigation of the Parabolic Shaped Solar Collector Utilizing Nanofluid (CuO-H2O and SiO2-H2O) as a Working Fluid
Joint Authors
Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-02-28
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Nanoscience application plays a major role in heat transfer related problems.
A nanofluid is basically a suspension of fine sized nanomaterials in base fluids like water, Therminol VP-1, ethylene glycol, and other heat transfer fluids.
This paper evaluates the possible application of nanofluid in parabolic shaped concentrating solar collector using both experimental and CFD analysis.
Different types of nanomaterials used are SiO2 and CuO of 20 nm average size.
Nanofluids of SiO2-H2O (DI) and CuO-H2O (DI) of 0.01% volume concentration are used.
Flow rates of 40 LPH and 80 LPH are used.
ANSYS FLUENT 14.5 is used for carrying out CFD investigation.
3D temperature distribution of absorber tube is obtained using numerical investigation and the result is compared with the experimental one.
Improvement in efficiency of collector of about 6.68% and 7.64% is obtained using 0.01% vol.
conc.
SiO2-H2O (DI) nanofluid and 0.01% vol.
conc.
CuO-H2O (DI) nanofluid, respectively, as compared to H2O (DI) at 40 LPH while at 80 LPH improvement in efficiency of collector of about 7.15% and 8.42% is obtained using 0.01% vol.
conc.
SiO2-H2O (DI) nanofluid and 0.01% vol.
conc.
CuO-H2O (DI) nanofluid, respectively, as compared to H2O (DI).
Both experimental and CFD temperature results are in good agreement.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ajay, Ketan& Kundan, Lal. 2016. Combined Experimental and CFD Investigation of the Parabolic Shaped Solar Collector Utilizing Nanofluid (CuO-H2O and SiO2-H2O) as a Working Fluid. Journal of Engineering،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1108374
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ajay, Ketan& Kundan, Lal. Combined Experimental and CFD Investigation of the Parabolic Shaped Solar Collector Utilizing Nanofluid (CuO-H2O and SiO2-H2O) as a Working Fluid. Journal of Engineering No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1108374
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ajay, Ketan& Kundan, Lal. Combined Experimental and CFD Investigation of the Parabolic Shaped Solar Collector Utilizing Nanofluid (CuO-H2O and SiO2-H2O) as a Working Fluid. Journal of Engineering. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1108374
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1108374