Investigation of thermal behaviour, pressure drop, and pumping power in a Cu nanofluid-filled solar flat-plate collector

The evaluations of the performance of solar flat-plate collectors are reported in the literature. A computer program developed by MATLAB has been applied for modelling the performance of a solar collector under steady state laminar conditions. Results demonstrate that Cu-water nanofluid would be cap...

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Main Authors: Shamshirgaran, S.R., Assadi, M.K., Al-Kayiem, H.H., Sharma, K.V.
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Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas
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spelling utp-eprints.199842018-04-22T14:31:00Z Investigation of thermal behaviour, pressure drop, and pumping power in a Cu nanofluid-filled solar flat-plate collector Shamshirgaran, S.R. Assadi, M.K. Al-Kayiem, H.H. Sharma, K.V. The evaluations of the performance of solar flat-plate collectors are reported in the literature. A computer program developed by MATLAB has been applied for modelling the performance of a solar collector under steady state laminar conditions. Results demonstrate that Cu-water nanofluid would be capable of boosting the thermal efficiency of the collector by 2.4 at 4 volume concentration in the case of using Cunanofluid instead of just water as the working fluid. It is noteworthy that, dispersing the nanoparticles into the water results in a higher pressure drop and, therefore, a higher power consumption for pumping the nanofluid within the collector. It has been estimated for the collector understudy, that the increase in the pressure drop and pumping power to be around 30. © The authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2017. EDP Sciences 2017 Article PeerReviewed https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85033217861&doi=10.1051%2fmatecconf%2f201713101003&partnerID=40&md5=6f6a664b87a53fd7ae2b6ad539486ad6 Shamshirgaran, S.R. and Assadi, M.K. and Al-Kayiem, H.H. and Sharma, K.V. (2017) Investigation of thermal behaviour, pressure drop, and pumping power in a Cu nanofluid-filled solar flat-plate collector. MATEC Web of Conferences, 131 . http://eprints.utp.edu.my/19984/
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description The evaluations of the performance of solar flat-plate collectors are reported in the literature. A computer program developed by MATLAB has been applied for modelling the performance of a solar collector under steady state laminar conditions. Results demonstrate that Cu-water nanofluid would be capable of boosting the thermal efficiency of the collector by 2.4 at 4 volume concentration in the case of using Cunanofluid instead of just water as the working fluid. It is noteworthy that, dispersing the nanoparticles into the water results in a higher pressure drop and, therefore, a higher power consumption for pumping the nanofluid within the collector. It has been estimated for the collector understudy, that the increase in the pressure drop and pumping power to be around 30. © The authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2017.
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author Shamshirgaran, S.R.
Assadi, M.K.
Al-Kayiem, H.H.
Sharma, K.V.
spellingShingle Shamshirgaran, S.R.
Assadi, M.K.
Al-Kayiem, H.H.
Sharma, K.V.
Investigation of thermal behaviour, pressure drop, and pumping power in a Cu nanofluid-filled solar flat-plate collector
author_sort Shamshirgaran, S.R.
title Investigation of thermal behaviour, pressure drop, and pumping power in a Cu nanofluid-filled solar flat-plate collector
title_short Investigation of thermal behaviour, pressure drop, and pumping power in a Cu nanofluid-filled solar flat-plate collector
title_full Investigation of thermal behaviour, pressure drop, and pumping power in a Cu nanofluid-filled solar flat-plate collector
title_fullStr Investigation of thermal behaviour, pressure drop, and pumping power in a Cu nanofluid-filled solar flat-plate collector
title_full_unstemmed Investigation of thermal behaviour, pressure drop, and pumping power in a Cu nanofluid-filled solar flat-plate collector
title_sort investigation of thermal behaviour, pressure drop, and pumping power in a cu nanofluid-filled solar flat-plate collector
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