Prediction of Behavior of Thermal Storage, PV-Thermal Solar Collector with Nanofluids and Phase Change Material

International Journal of Thermal Engineering

© 2020 by SSRG - IJTE Journal

Volume 6 Issue 1

Year of Publication : 2020

Authors : S. Sami

10.14445/23950250/IJTE-V6I1P102

How to Cite?

S. Sami, "Prediction of Behavior of Thermal Storage, PV-Thermal Solar Collector with Nanofluids and Phase Change Material," SSRG International Journal of Thermal Engineering, vol. 6,  no. 1, pp. 11-27, 2020. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23950250/IJTE-V6I1P102

Abstract:

This study is intended to present a numerical model that was established after the energy conservation equations coupled with the heat transfer equations to predict the behavior of different phase change materials, paraffin under the effect of different operating conditions such as solar radiation, heat transfer fluid, using nanofluids; Al2O3, CuO, Fe3O4 and SiO2, at different concentrations, and heat transfer fluid temperatures. Also, the effect of the aforementioned operating conditions on the thermal storage process and PV-Thermal hybrid system performance as well as the thermal energy conversion efficiency is presented and discussed. It has been observed during the phase charging process of the kinds of paraffin that the nanofluid Al2O3 used as heat transfer fluid exhibited the longest time compared to other nanofluids and water as base heat transfer fluid. Also, the results indicated that the nanofluid Fe304 had the shortest time consumed during the phase charging process under solar radiations; 500, 750, 1000 and 1200 w/m2. Besides, it was found the higher the nanofluid concentration the longer the time to reach a liquid fraction of 100% compared to water as heat transfer fluid and less thermal load is needed to reach the threshold of phase change. Finally, the presented numerical model compared fairly with published experimental data.

Keywords:

PV-Thermal; Thermal storage; Phase change materials; Nanofluids; Numerical modeling; model validation

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