International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, volume 158, pages 119987

Solar steam generation enabled by iron oxide nanoparticles: Prototype experiments and theoretical model

Struchalin P G 1
Thon H 2
KOSINSKI P.
Balakin B V
Balakin Boris 3
Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2020-09-01
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Impact factor5.2
ISSN00179310
Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanical Engineering
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
Abstract
Photo-thermal evaporation of nanofluids has potential applications in solar desalination, micro-CHP (combined heat and power) and domestic off-grid disinfection. In this research, we reproduced the process experimentally using 110-nm iron oxide particles dispersed in water. At an initial lab-scale stage, under the artificial radiation of 6.9 suns, we observed that the boiling nanofluid destabilizes to a suspension of 6µm agglomerates of nanoparticles and that up to 30% of the particles escape the system with the steam. At the prototype stage, we boiled the fluid in a solar concentrator producing 35 g/min steam with an efficiency of around 60%, which is sufficient to drive a small turbine. The optimum concentration of the nanoparticles was 3 wt%. To supplement the experiments, we developed a simplified model for engineering calculations of the solar steam generation rate. The model corresponds well to the experiments deviating by only 8%.

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Struchalin P. G. et al. Solar steam generation enabled by iron oxide nanoparticles: Prototype experiments and theoretical model // International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 2020. Vol. 158. p. 119987.
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Struchalin P. G., Thon H., Kuzmenkov D. M., Kutsenko K., KOSINSKI P., Kosinski P., Balakin B. V., Balakin B. Solar steam generation enabled by iron oxide nanoparticles: Prototype experiments and theoretical model // International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 2020. Vol. 158. p. 119987.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2020.119987
UR - https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.ijheatmasstransfer.2020.119987
TI - Solar steam generation enabled by iron oxide nanoparticles: Prototype experiments and theoretical model
T2 - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
AU - Struchalin, P G
AU - Thon, H
AU - Kuzmenkov, D M
AU - Kutsenko, K.V.
AU - KOSINSKI, P.
AU - Balakin, B V
AU - Kosinski, Pawel
AU - Balakin, Boris
PY - 2020
DA - 2020/09/01 00:00:00
PB - Elsevier
SP - 119987
VL - 158
SN - 0017-9310
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@article{2020_Struchalin
author = {P G Struchalin and H Thon and D M Kuzmenkov and K.V. Kutsenko and P. KOSINSKI and B V Balakin and Pawel Kosinski and Boris Balakin},
title = {Solar steam generation enabled by iron oxide nanoparticles: Prototype experiments and theoretical model},
journal = {International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer},
year = {2020},
volume = {158},
publisher = {Elsevier},
month = {sep},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.ijheatmasstransfer.2020.119987},
pages = {119987},
doi = {10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2020.119987}
}
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