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NANO ENERGY
卷 17, 期 -, 页码 290-301出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2015.08.021
关键词
Nanofluid; Vapor generation; Steam generation; Solar energy; Nanoparticle; Volumetric receiver
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资金
- Masdar Institute of Science and Technology (Masdar Institute), Abu Dhabi, UAE [02/MUMIT/CP/11/07633/GEN/G/00]
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA [02/MUMIT/CP/11/07633/GEN/G/00]
- MIT S3TEC Center, an Energy Frontier Research Center - Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences [DE-FG02-09ER46577]
- National Science Foundation under NSF [ECS-0335765]
Traditional solar-thermal receivers suffer from high surface temperatures, which increase heat losses to the surroundings. To improve performance, volumetric receivers based on nanopartides suspended in liquid (nanofluids) have been studied as an approach to reduce surface losses by localizing high temperatures to the interior of the receiver. Here, we report measured vapor generation efficiencies of 69% at solar concentrations of 10 sun using graphitized carbon black, carbon black, and graphene suspended in water, representing a significant improvement in both transient and steady-state performance over previously reported results. To elucidate the vapor generation mechanism and validate our experimental results, we develop numerical and analytical heat transfer models that suggest that nanofluid heating and vapor generation occur due to classical global heating of the suspension fluid. This work demonstrates high nanofluid-assisted vapor generation efficiencies with potential applications in power generation, distillation, and sterilization. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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