期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER
卷 126, 期 -, 页码 613-624出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2018.05.117
关键词
Nanofluid; Direct absorption solar collector; Parabolic trough; Solar energy
资金
- Irish Research Council [GOIPG/2014/887]
- Mathematics for industry network [ECOST/STSM/TD1409/290216/071429]
- Mathematics Applications Consortium for Science and Industry - Science Foundation Ireland [12/IA/1683]
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion [MTM2014-56218]
- Irish Research Council (IRC) [GOIPG/2014/887] Funding Source: Irish Research Council (IRC)
This paper compares the performance of three variations to a novel low-profile nanofluid-based direct absorption parabolic trough solar collector design. More specifically, we propose a steady state, three-dimensional model for the efficiency of such a collector subject to laminar flow. The model consists of a system of two partial differential equations describing the conservation of energy and momentum, and a radiative transport equation describing the propagation of radiation through the nanofluid. We non-dimensionalise the model revealing seven controlling dimensionless numbers: two describing different rates of thermal diffusion to advection, another two describing Newton cooling at the boundaries, and the remaining three describing black-body emissions at the boundaries. The system is solved via a modified Crank-Nicolson method which is optimised to cater for non-linearities in the radiative transport equation. A realistic parameter space exploration is conducted to investigate the optimal collector design variation. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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