Effect of Radiative Heat Transfer in Nanofluid for Volumetric Solar Collector

Kazaz, O., Karimi, N. , Falcone, G. , Kumar, S. and Paul, M. C. (2021) Effect of Radiative Heat Transfer in Nanofluid for Volumetric Solar Collector. In: 13th International Conference on Applied Energy (ICAE2021), 29 Nov - 2 Dec 2021, (doi: 10.46855/energy-proceedings-9360)

Abstract

The use of nanofluids as a heat transfer fluid in solar energy conversion systems greatly improves photothermal conversion. In this study, numerical studies have been carried out using a volumetric solar collector to convert solar radiation into thermal energy. Because the collector is a translucent medium, 2D radiative heat transfer and energy equations are solved using ANSYS Fluent, which takes into account the absorption and scattering of nanoparticles. The results show that, when hybrid nanofluids are used, the amount of heat obtained from solar radiation increases due to the temperature rise in the collector, hence improving the storage capacity of the collector.

• Item Type: Conference Proceedings
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Paul, Professor Manosh and Falcone, Professor Gioia and KAZAZ, OGUZHAN and Kumar, Professor Shanmugam and Karimi, Dr Nader
• Authors: Kazaz, O., Karimi, N., Falcone, G., Kumar, S., and Paul, M. C.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering; College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Systems Power and Energy
• ISSN: 2004-2965
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2021 Energy Proceedings
• First Published: First published in Energy Proceedings 21:2021. Paper ID: 722
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