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- Title
Effect of hybrid nanofluids mixture ratio on the performance of a photovoltaic thermal collector.
- Authors
Wole‐Osho, Ifeoluwa; Adun, Humphrey; Adedeji, Michael; Okonkwo, Eric C.; Kavaz, Doga; Dagbasi, Mustafa
- Abstract
Summary: Solar photovoltaic‐thermal (PV/T) collectors, are hybrid collectors used to convert solar radiation into usable thermal and electrical energy. Recently, the field of research on PV/T is has focused on improving the efficiency of the PV/T collector by replacing the conventional heat transfer fluids (HTFs) with nanofluids. This article investigates the effect of hybrid nanofluids mixture ratio on the useful energy and overall efficiency of a PV/T collector operating with Al2O3‐ZnO water nanofluid as the HTF. Experiments to measure the thermophysical properties of the hybrid nanofluids were conducted for various temperatures, volume concentrations, and mixture ratios, furthermore, accurate correlation models were proposed. Metrological data and energy output readings collected from the PV solar farm at Cyprus International University were used to validate our model. The study observed that at the optimum mixture ratio (0.47 of Al2O3 in the hybrid), the electrical, thermal, and exergy efficiencies of the PV/T collector are 13.8%, 55.9%, and 15.13% respectively. Also, the cell temperature drops by 21% when the mass flow rate is 0.1 kg/s as compared to when it is 0.01 kg/s. Finally, the study concludes that by using the Al2O3‐ZnO hybrid nanofluid an overall peak thermal efficiency of 91% can be attained, and this represents a 34% enhancement in the collector's performance when compared to water.
- Subjects
NANOFLUIDS; HEAT transfer fluids; THERMOPHYSICAL properties; HEAT; THERMAL efficiency; SOLAR radiation
- Publication
International Journal of Energy Research, 2020, Vol 44, Issue 11, p9064
- ISSN
0363-907X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/er.5619