LAPSE:2023.35443
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LAPSE:2023.35443
Experimental Study of a Hybrid Solar Collector Using TiO2/Water Nanofluids
Muniyandy Elangovan, Baskaran Srimanickam, Robert Čep, Amirtharajan Saranya, Manickam Ramachandran
April 28, 2023
A case study of solar collector outdoor test of the experimental technique conducted at Avadi, Chennai. To lower the temperature of solar PV panels, water, and water-based nanofluids were utilized concurrently. Higher cell temperatures restrict the effectiveness of solar PV systems since only a minor amount of power from the sun is gathered as electricity from the energy conversion, and the remaining energy is squandered as heat. The study aimed to develop and build a hybrid collector while also analyzing its electrical and thermal energy performance. The effort was invested in improving the system’s performance; the PVT collector was tested at volume concentrations of two, such as 0.5 and 1.0 L per minute (LPM). The PV/T collector determined thermal efficiency as highest was 48.38 percent and 54.03 percent, respectively, at 0.5 LPM and 1.0 LPM of volume flow rates. The PV/T collector’s highest electrical efficiency was 18.32 percent and 19.35 percent, respectively, for 0.5 LPM and 1.0 LPM of volume flow rates. The results demonstrate that nanofluid has more excellent thermal conductivity than a base fluid with a little change in the fluid viscosity and density.
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electrical, Energy, flow rate, nanofluid, renewable, standalone hybrid collector, thermal performance, TiO2
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Elangovan M, Srimanickam B, Čep R, Saranya A, Ramachandran M. Experimental Study of a Hybrid Solar Collector Using TiO2/Water Nanofluids. (2023). LAPSE:2023.35443
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Elangovan M: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai 600062, India [ORCID]
Srimanickam B: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai 600062, India
Čep R: Department of Machining, Assembly and Engineering Metrology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, 708 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic [ORCID]
Saranya A: Department of Physics, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai 600062, India
Ramachandran M: Data Analytics Lab, REST Labs, Kaveripattinam, Krishnagiri 635112, India [ORCID]
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Energies
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15
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12
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4425
Year
2022
Publication Date
2022-06-17
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1996-1073
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