Hybrid Nanofluid in a Direct Absorption Solar Collector: Magnetite vs. Carbon Nanotubes Compete for Thermal Performance

Pavel G. Struchalin; Dmitrii M. Kuzmenkov; Vladimir S. Yunin; Xinzhi Wang; Yurong He; Boris V. Balakin

doi:10.3390/en15051604

Hybrid Nanofluid in a Direct Absorption Solar Collector: Magnetite vs. Carbon Nanotubes Compete for Thermal Performance

Pavel G. Struchalin^*
, Dmitrii M. Kuzmenkov
, Vladimir S. Yunin
, Xinzhi Wang
, Yurong He
, Boris V. Balakin

^*Corresponding author for this work

Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
Moscow Engineering Physics Institute
School of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology

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The paper presents the experimental measurements of thermal efficiency of a tubular direct absorption solar collector (DASC) with a hybrid nanofluid based on magnetite (Fe₃ O₄) and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT). The volumetric concentration of Fe₃ O₄ and MWCNT was 0.0053% and 0.0045%, respectively. The experiments were carried out for the flow rates of 2–10 L/min and a temperature difference up to 20^◦ C between the environment and the DASC. The performance of the DASC with a hybrid nanofluid was in the range of 52.3–69.4%, which was just beyond the performance of the collector with surface absorption. It was also found that using a MWCNT-based nanofluid with an equivalent total volumetric concentration of particles (0.0091%), the efficiency was 8.3–31.5% higher than for the cases with the hybrid nanofluid.

Original language	English
Article number	1604
Journal	Energies
Volume	15
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/en15051604
State	Published - 1 Mar 2022
Externally published	Yes

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Carbon nanotubes
Direct absorption solar collector
Hybrid nanofluid
Iron oxide
Magnetic nanofluid

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