Numerical analysis of performance of solar parabolic trough collector with Cu-Water nanofluid

	Numerical analysis of performance of solar parabolic trough collector with Cu-Water nanofluid
Article 5, Volume 5, Issue 3, Summer 2014, Page 233-240 PDF (492 K)
Document Type: Reasearch Paper
DOI: 10.7508/ijnd.2014.03.004
Authors
S.E. Ghasemi ¹; GH. R. Mehdizadeh Ahangar²
¹Young Researchers and Elite Club, Qaemshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qaemshahr, Iran.
²Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran.
Abstract
In the present work the effect of Cu-Water nanofluid, as heat transfer fluid, on the performance of a parabolic solar collector was studied numerically. The temperature field, thermal efficiency, mean-outlet temperatures have been evaluated and compared for the conventional parabolic collectors and nanofluid based collectors. Further, the effect of various parameters such as fluid velocity, volume fraction of nanoparticles, concentration ratio and receiver length has been investigated. The results show that, by increasing the volume fraction of nanoparticles, the performance of the solar parabolic collector enhances.
Keywords
Solar energy; Solar parabolic trough collector; Cu-Water nanofluid; Numerical analysis; Thermal performance


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