Experimental study of photothermal specifications and stability of graphene oxide nanoplatelets nanofluid as working fluid for low-temperature Direct Absorption Solar Collectors (DASCs)
| Autor: | M. Vakili, Arash Mirabdolah Lavasani, S. Khosrojerdi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Materials science
Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment business.industry Graphene 020209 energy Nanofluids in solar collectors Nanotechnology 02 engineering and technology Solar energy Surfaces Coatings and Films Electronic Optical and Magnetic Materials law.invention Nanofluid Thermal conductivity law 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Working fluid Composite material business Absorption (electromagnetic radiation) Thermal energy |
| Zdroj: | Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 164:32-39 |
| ISSN: | 0927-0248 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.solmat.2017.02.007 |
| Popis: | The use of nanofluids as the working fluid in systems for converting solar to thermal energy has led to remarkable progresses. This study has investigated the thermo-optical characteristics of nanofluids containing Graphene oxide nanoplatelets/deionized water as the working fluid for low-temperature direct absorption solar collectors (DASCs). The prepared samples of nanofluid contain graphene oxide nanoplatelets based on deionized water with weight percentages of 0.001, 0.005, 0.015 and 0.045. Results show that the applied nanofluid has suitable ability compared to the base fluid in absorbing solar energy, ranging from 200 to 2500 nm. Also, results from calculation of absorbed energy's fraction suggest that the minimum height or thickness of the nanofluid layer having the ability of full sun's energy, is for the nanofluid with weight percentage of 0.045 and height of 3 cm that has the ability of absorbing 99.6% of energy. The thermal conductivity coefficient of prepared samples was measured at temperature ranging 25–50. Results showed that increasing the weight percentage of nanofluid along with increase in temperature would improve nanofluid's thermal properties in comparison with the base fluid. Finally, by investigating the impact of weight percentage of the nanofluid's temperature on radiative properties and thermal conductivity, this nanofluid with strong absorption band in the range of 280–350 nm (nanometers) was introduced and proposed as the appropriate environment for using direct absorption solar collectors. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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