Renewable Energy, volume 161, pages 265-277

Solar steam generation in fine dispersions of graphite particles

Kuzmenkov D M ¹

Delov M I ¹

Zeynalyan K ¹

Struchalin P G ¹

Alyaev S

Alyaev Sergey ²

He Y.

He Yurong ³

Kutsenko K.V. ¹

Balakin B V

Balakin Boris ^{4, 5}

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)National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow, Russia |

NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Bergen, Norway |

Harbin Institute of Technology , Harbin , China |

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National Research Nuclear University MEPHI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow, Russia |

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Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, NORWAY |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2020-12-01

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Journal: Renewable Energy

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ISSN: 09601481

DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2020.06.108

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Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Abstract

The direct photothermal boiling in suspensions of nano- and microscopic particles finds multiple applications in concentrated solar power: turbine-based combined heat and power (CHP) generation, solar distillation, energy storage, and chemical synthesis. However, the most promising application is solar desalination. There have been multiple studies aimed at the evaporation of suspensions using simulated solar light, but there is neither a theory describing the process nor a well-documented prototype study. This article aims at the development of an experiment and a theory, that describe the photothermal boiling in aqueous suspensions of graphite. We develop a laboratory scale steam-fluid loop with continuous condensation that recycles the water back to the process. We clarify how the concentration and incident radiant heat influence the steam generation. The optimum concentration of graphite particles - 1 wt% - was found experimentally at 17.4 suns. We studied the granulometry of the suspension and dynamics of steam bubbles. We document how the particle size distribution and bubbles evolve in boiling suspension. The theoretical description of the process is based on a heat balance analysis for an individual steam bubble. The developed model is validated against three independent experimental datasets, exhibiting accuracy with the lowest average discrepancy of 10%.

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Kuzmenkov D. M., Delov M. I., Zeynalyan K., Struchalin P. G., Alyaev S., Alyaev S., He Y., He Y., Kutsenko K., Balakin B. V., Balakin B. Solar steam generation in fine dispersions of graphite particles // Renewable Energy. 2020. Vol. 161. pp. 265-277.

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TY - JOUR

DO - 10.1016/j.renene.2020.06.108

UR - https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.renene.2020.06.108

TI - Solar steam generation in fine dispersions of graphite particles

T2 - Renewable Energy

AU - Kuzmenkov, D M

AU - Delov, M I

AU - Zeynalyan, K

AU - Struchalin, P G

AU - Alyaev, S

AU - He, Y.

AU - Kutsenko, K.V.

AU - Balakin, B V

AU - Alyaev, Sergey

AU - He, Yurong

AU - Balakin, Boris

PY - 2020

DA - 2020/12/01 00:00:00

PB - Elsevier

SP - 265-277

VL - 161

SN - 0960-1481

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@article{2020_Kuzmenkov,

author = {D M Kuzmenkov and M I Delov and K Zeynalyan and P G Struchalin and S Alyaev and Y. He and K.V. Kutsenko and B V Balakin and Sergey Alyaev and Yurong He and Boris Balakin},

title = {Solar steam generation in fine dispersions of graphite particles},

journal = {Renewable Energy},

year = {2020},

volume = {161},

publisher = {Elsevier},

month = {dec},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.renene.2020.06.108},

pages = {265--277},

doi = {10.1016/j.renene.2020.06.108}

}

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Renewable Energy

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Laboratory of Thermal Hydraulics and Boiling Physics

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