Insight into the investigation of diamond nanoparticles suspended therminol 55 nanofluids on concentrated photovoltaic/thermal solar collector

Nanofluids are identified as advanced working fluids in the solar energy conversion field with superior heat transfer characteristics. This research work introduces carbon-based diamond nanomaterial and Therminol®55 oil-based nanofluids for implementation in a concentrated photovoltaic/thermal (CPV/...

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Main Authors: Das, Likhan, Rubbi, Fazlay, Khairul, Habib, Aslfattahi, Navid, Rahman, Saidur, Yahya, Syed Mohd, Kadirgama, Kumaran
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https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12172975
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spelling my.ump.umpir.374472023-08-22T08:03:36Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/37447/ Insight into the investigation of diamond nanoparticles suspended therminol 55 nanofluids on concentrated photovoltaic/thermal solar collector Das, Likhan Rubbi, Fazlay Khairul, Habib Aslfattahi, Navid Rahman, Saidur Yahya, Syed Mohd Kadirgama, Kumaran T Technology (General) TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics Nanofluids are identified as advanced working fluids in the solar energy conversion field with superior heat transfer characteristics. This research work introduces carbon-based diamond nanomaterial and Therminol®55 oil-based nanofluids for implementation in a concentrated photovoltaic/thermal (CPV/T) solar collector. This study focuses on the experimental formulation, characterization of properties, and performance evaluation of the nanofluid-based CPV/T system. Thermo-physical (thermal conductivity, viscosity, and rheology), optical (UV-vis and FT-IR), and stability (Zeta potential) properties of the formulated nanofluids are characterized at 0.001–0.1 wt.% concentrations of dispersed particles using experimental assessment. The maximum photo-thermal energy conversion efficiency of the base fluid is improved by 120.80% at 0.1 wt.%. The thermal conductivity of pure oil is increased by adding the nanomaterial. The highest enhancement of 73.39% is observed for the TH-55/DP nanofluid. Furthermore, dynamic viscosity decreased dramatically across the temperature range studied (20–100 °C), and the nanofluid exhibited dominant Newtonian flow behavior, with viscosity remaining nearly constant up to a shear rate of 100 s−1. Numerical simulations of the nanofluid-operated CPV/T collector have disclosed substantial improvements. At a concentrated solar irradiance of 5000 W/m2 and an optimal flow rate of 3 L/min, the highest thermal and electrical energy conversion efficiency enhancements are found to be 11 and 1.8%, respectively. MDPI AG 2022-09 Article PeerReviewed pdf en cc_by_4 http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/37447/1/Insight%20into%20the%20investigation%20of%20diamond%20nanoparticles%20suspended%20therminol%C2%AE55%20nanofluids.pdf Das, Likhan and Rubbi, Fazlay and Khairul, Habib and Aslfattahi, Navid and Rahman, Saidur and Yahya, Syed Mohd and Kadirgama, Kumaran (2022) Insight into the investigation of diamond nanoparticles suspended therminol 55 nanofluids on concentrated photovoltaic/thermal solar collector. Nanomaterials, 12 (2975). pp. 1-22. ISSN 2079-4991. (Published) https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12172975 https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12172975
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topic T Technology (General)
TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
spellingShingle T Technology (General)
TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
Das, Likhan
Rubbi, Fazlay
Khairul, Habib
Aslfattahi, Navid
Rahman, Saidur
Yahya, Syed Mohd
Kadirgama, Kumaran
Insight into the investigation of diamond nanoparticles suspended therminol 55 nanofluids on concentrated photovoltaic/thermal solar collector
description Nanofluids are identified as advanced working fluids in the solar energy conversion field with superior heat transfer characteristics. This research work introduces carbon-based diamond nanomaterial and Therminol®55 oil-based nanofluids for implementation in a concentrated photovoltaic/thermal (CPV/T) solar collector. This study focuses on the experimental formulation, characterization of properties, and performance evaluation of the nanofluid-based CPV/T system. Thermo-physical (thermal conductivity, viscosity, and rheology), optical (UV-vis and FT-IR), and stability (Zeta potential) properties of the formulated nanofluids are characterized at 0.001–0.1 wt.% concentrations of dispersed particles using experimental assessment. The maximum photo-thermal energy conversion efficiency of the base fluid is improved by 120.80% at 0.1 wt.%. The thermal conductivity of pure oil is increased by adding the nanomaterial. The highest enhancement of 73.39% is observed for the TH-55/DP nanofluid. Furthermore, dynamic viscosity decreased dramatically across the temperature range studied (20–100 °C), and the nanofluid exhibited dominant Newtonian flow behavior, with viscosity remaining nearly constant up to a shear rate of 100 s−1. Numerical simulations of the nanofluid-operated CPV/T collector have disclosed substantial improvements. At a concentrated solar irradiance of 5000 W/m2 and an optimal flow rate of 3 L/min, the highest thermal and electrical energy conversion efficiency enhancements are found to be 11 and 1.8%, respectively.
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author Das, Likhan
Rubbi, Fazlay
Khairul, Habib
Aslfattahi, Navid
Rahman, Saidur
Yahya, Syed Mohd
Kadirgama, Kumaran
author_facet Das, Likhan
Rubbi, Fazlay
Khairul, Habib
Aslfattahi, Navid
Rahman, Saidur
Yahya, Syed Mohd
Kadirgama, Kumaran
author_sort Das, Likhan
title Insight into the investigation of diamond nanoparticles suspended therminol 55 nanofluids on concentrated photovoltaic/thermal solar collector
title_short Insight into the investigation of diamond nanoparticles suspended therminol 55 nanofluids on concentrated photovoltaic/thermal solar collector
title_full Insight into the investigation of diamond nanoparticles suspended therminol 55 nanofluids on concentrated photovoltaic/thermal solar collector
title_fullStr Insight into the investigation of diamond nanoparticles suspended therminol 55 nanofluids on concentrated photovoltaic/thermal solar collector
title_full_unstemmed Insight into the investigation of diamond nanoparticles suspended therminol 55 nanofluids on concentrated photovoltaic/thermal solar collector
title_sort insight into the investigation of diamond nanoparticles suspended therminol 55 nanofluids on concentrated photovoltaic/thermal solar collector
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2022
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/37447/1/Insight%20into%20the%20investigation%20of%20diamond%20nanoparticles%20suspended%20therminol%C2%AE55%20nanofluids.pdf
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/37447/
https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12172975
https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12172975
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