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Hybrid Nanofluid in a Direct Absorption Solar Collector: Magnetite vs. Carbon Nanotubes Compete for Thermal Performance

Pavel G Struchalin ¹

Dmitrii M Kuzmenkov ²

Vladimir S Yunin ²

Xinzhi Wang ³

Yurong He ³

Boris V Balakin ^{1, 2}

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Department of Mechanical and Marine Engineering, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Inndalsveien 28, 5063 Bergen, Norway |

Institute of Nuclear Physics and Engineering, National Research Nuclear University “Moscow Engineering Physics Institute”, Kashirskoe Highway 31, 115409 Moscow, Russia |

Heilongjiang Key Laboratory of New Energy Storage Materials and Processes, School of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2022-02-22

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SJR: 0.713

CiteScore: 7.3

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ISSN: 19961073

DOI: 10.3390/en15051604

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The paper presents the experimental measurements of thermal efficiency of a tubular direct absorption solar collector (DASC) with a hybrid nanofluid based on magnetite (Fe3O4) and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT). The volumetric concentration of Fe3O4 and MWCNT was 0.0053% and 0.0045%, respectively. The experiments were carried out for the flow rates of 2–10 L/min and a temperature difference up to 20 ∘C between the environment and the DASC. The performance of the DASC with a hybrid nanofluid was in the range of 52.3–69.4%, which was just beyond the performance of the collector with surface absorption. It was also found that using a MWCNT-based nanofluid with an equivalent total volumetric concentration of particles (0.0091%), the efficiency was 8.3–31.5% higher than for the cases with the hybrid nanofluid.

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Struchalin P. G. et al. Hybrid Nanofluid in a Direct Absorption Solar Collector: Magnetite vs. Carbon Nanotubes Compete for Thermal Performance // Energies. 2022. Vol. 15. No. 5. p. 1604.

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Struchalin P. G., Kuzmenkov D. M., Yunin V. S., Wang X., He Y., Balakin B. V. Hybrid Nanofluid in a Direct Absorption Solar Collector: Magnetite vs. Carbon Nanotubes Compete for Thermal Performance // Energies. 2022. Vol. 15. No. 5. p. 1604.

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TY - JOUR

DO - 10.3390/en15051604

UR - https://doi.org/10.3390/en15051604

TI - Hybrid Nanofluid in a Direct Absorption Solar Collector: Magnetite vs. Carbon Nanotubes Compete for Thermal Performance

T2 - Energies

AU - Struchalin, Pavel G

AU - Kuzmenkov, Dmitrii M

AU - Yunin, Vladimir S

AU - Wang, Xinzhi

AU - He, Yurong

AU - Balakin, Boris V

PY - 2022

DA - 2022/02/22

PB - MDPI

SP - 1604

IS - 5

VL - 15

SN - 1996-1073

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@article{2022_Struchalin,

author = {Pavel G Struchalin and Dmitrii M Kuzmenkov and Vladimir S Yunin and Xinzhi Wang and Yurong He and Boris V Balakin},

title = {Hybrid Nanofluid in a Direct Absorption Solar Collector: Magnetite vs. Carbon Nanotubes Compete for Thermal Performance},

journal = {Energies},

year = {2022},

volume = {15},

publisher = {MDPI},

month = {feb},

url = {https://doi.org/10.3390/en15051604},

number = {5},

pages = {1604},

doi = {10.3390/en15051604}

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Struchalin, Pavel G., et al. “Hybrid Nanofluid in a Direct Absorption Solar Collector: Magnetite vs. Carbon Nanotubes Compete for Thermal Performance.” Energies, vol. 15, no. 5, Feb. 2022, p. 1604. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15051604.

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Journal

Energies

scimago Q1

wos Q3

SJR

0.713

CiteScore

7.3

Impact factor

3.2

ISSN

19961073 (Print, Electronic)

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Laboratory of Thermal Hydraulics and Boiling Physics

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Dmitriy M Kuzmenkov