Analysis of Evacuated Tube Consisting Parabolic Concentrator with Al2O3-Water Nanofluid

Muntashir Mohammed Razzak, Afzal Husain*, Nasser Al-Azri, Nabeel Al-Rawahi

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Abstract

Efficiency enhancement has always been a challenge for scientists and researchers. Although the realization of proposed concepts is necessary for development, it consists of several challenges from fabrication to testing the concept. The present study carried out experiments on parabolic trough collectors with the bare tube and evacuated tube receivers. Further, the performance has been tested for water and Al2O3-water as nanofluid. The parabolic trough and experimental setup were fabricated to carry out experiments outdoors for the daily solar flux and varying flow rates of the working fluid. The nanofluid with an evacuated receiver tube continuously shows better performance over the range of flow rates investigated in this study.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Heat Transfer and Fluid Dynamics - Select Proceedings of AHTFD 2022
EditorsMohammad Altamush Siddiqui, Nadeem Hasan, Andallib Tariq
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages407-416
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9789819972128
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024
Event1st International Conference on Advances in heat Transfer and Fluid Dynamics, AHTFD 2022 - Aligarh, India
Duration: Dec 1 2022Dec 3 2022

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
ISSN (Print)2195-4356
ISSN (Electronic)2195-4364

Conference

Conference1st International Conference on Advances in heat Transfer and Fluid Dynamics, AHTFD 2022
Country/TerritoryIndia
CityAligarh
Period12/1/2212/3/22

Keywords

  • AlO-water nanofluid
  • Evacuated tube receiver
  • Parabolic trough collector
  • Renewable energy
  • Thermal efficiency

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Automotive Engineering
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

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