Mahendran, Moorthy and Tanti Zanariah, Shamshir Ali and Shahrani, Anuar and R. A., Bakar (2014) The Efficiency Enhancement on the Direct Flow Evacuated Tube Solar Collector Using Water-Based Titanium Oxide Nanofluids. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 465-46. pp. 308-315. ISSN 1662-7482. (Published)
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In the present study, the efficiency of an evacuated-tube solar collector was investigated experimentally by using water and water-based titanium oxide nanofluids as the working fluids. The titanium oxide nanofluids with the average nanoparticles size between 30-50nm were prepared and tested at volume concentration of 1.0%, 2.0% and 3.0%. The volume flow rate of the working fluids in the solar collector varied from 2.0 to 3.0 liter/min. The experiments were performed at outdoor conditions according to the ASHRAE standard 93-2000. The result shows the efficiency of evacuated solar collector have increased up to 42.5% by using 2.0% concentration nanofluids compared to its base fluid at 2.0litre/min flow rate. In conclusion, the efficiency of collector shows greater enhancement at the low volume flow rate and concentration of nanofluids compared to its base fluid which was water.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Efficiency, Evacuated Tube Collector, Solar Energy, Titanium Oxide Nanofluids |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery |
| Faculty/Division: | Faculty of Mechanical Engineering |
| Depositing User: | mira |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Apr 2015 02:21 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Feb 2018 01:56 |
| URI: | https://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/5375 |
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