Photothermal convection of a magnetic nanofluid in a direct absorption solar collector
Peer reviewed, Journal article
Published version
Permanent lenke
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3016490Utgivelsesdato
2022Metadata
Vis full innførselSamlinger
- Import fra CRIStin [3604]
- Institutt for maskin- og marinfag [365]
Originalversjon
Balakin, B. V., Stava, M., & Kosinska, A. (2022). Photothermal convection of a magnetic nanofluid in a direct absorption solar collector. Solar Energy, 239, 33-39. 10.1016/j.solener.2022.04.027Sammendrag
Nanofluid-based direct absorption of solar heat results in thermal efficiencies superior to conventional solar thermal technology. In addition, convection of nanofluid can be sustained pump-free in the collector. In this article, we study an aqueous magnetic nanofluid capable to establish the photothermal convection in a lab-scale direct absorption solar collector equipped with a solenoid. The nanofluid consisted of 60-nm Fe2O3 particles dispersed in distilled water at concentration in the range 0.5% wt.-2.0% wt. An empirical model of the photothermal convection was developed based on the experiments. The model accounted for magnetic and thermophoretic forces acting within the nanofluid. The nanofluid with up to 2.0% wt. iron oxide nanoparticles obtained the velocity of ~5 mm/s under the magnetic field of up to 28 mT. This resulted in the maximum thermal efficiency of the collector equal to 65%.