On the Use of Nanofluids in Solar Energy Applications

Cüce, Erdem; Cuce, Pınar Mert; Güçlü, Tamer; Besir, Ahmet B.

doi:10.1007/s11630-020-1269-3

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“…As the most common working fluid used in solar energy systems, water has a very low thermal conductivity that significantly limits thermal efficiency figures. Therefore, the focus of alternative working fluids such as nanofluids is on improving thermal conductivity, thus enhancing the overall effective parameters of solar power systems 39 . A wide variety of typical fluids has been examined in solar collectors in this regard.…”

Section: Nanofluids Applications and Challengesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Therefore, the focus of alternative working fluids such as nanofluids is on improving thermal conductivity, thus enhancing the overall effective parameters of solar power systems. 39 A wide variety of typical fluids has been examined in solar collectors in this regard. Conventionally, water, oil, ethylene glycol, and various lubricants have been used to cultivate solar collectors' output.…”

Section: Solar Collectorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The role of nanofluids on enhancing the solar energy performance with focusing on the mining industry

Molaei

Siavoshi

2021

Intl J of Energy Research

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Solar energy systems are one of the most effective replacements for traditional fossil fuels because of their capability to turn solar energy directly into heat and electricity with no harmful environmental consequences such as CO 2 production and climate change. Despite the challenges and motivations, the implementation of solar energy is still slow in the mining industry. There are many opportunities to bring this new technology to mine sites. The most important objective of switching to renewable energies is increasing the efficiency of solar panels and decreasing the cost of energy production. Improving the thermal performance of solar energy systems by using nanofluids with superior thermophysical properties is a viable option. In this paper, the fundamental parameters, which improve the nanofluid properties and make the solar systems more cost-effective are reviewed.

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Section: Nanofluids Applications and Challengesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Solar Collectorsmentioning

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The role of nanofluids on enhancing the solar energy performance with focusing on the mining industry

Molaei

Siavoshi

2021

Intl J of Energy Research

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“…Selimli et al [58] analyzed performance of photovoltaic thermal water collectors by empirical and computational. Cuce et al [59] reviewed fluidal positions in solar energy implementation. Swese and Hançerlioğulları [60] reviewed productivity of photovoltaic thermal facilities by using magnetic material.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Hibrit Güneş-Hidroelektrik (GHE) Sistemine Rezervuar Etkisi

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SALTUK>

2023

Politeknik Dergisi

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The solar-hydroelectric (SHE) energy system is a renewable hybrid energy system consisting of solar and hydroelectric energy. An optimization algorithm has been designed to work out the installed power size of the SHE hybrid system, which is planned to be integrated into the existing hydroelectric power systems. This designed algorithm provides the optimum installed power with the benefit/cost approach. The value of the hydro cost and also the energy generation is taken from the actual values since it's an existing facility, and also the electricity production and price of the solar power are obtained from the algorithm that works iteratively. This study aims to indicate that more electricity will be produced by regulating water flows due to the reservoir of hydroelectric power plants. Hydro energy enables energy management to be administrated more effectively with the reservoir, which could be a natural enclosure, without using the other energy storage equipment/method. As a result of the study, it's been shown that with the regulation of the hydro facility flows with a reservoir, 180% more solar power capacity installation with 20.9 MW installed power and 12% more electricity production with 75.3 GWh electricity production is provided compared to the unregulated situation.

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“…One such solution uses a nanofluid (a stable suspension consisting of a base fluid and nano-sized solid particles dispersed in it) or fine-dispersed suspensions. The nanofluids show improved heat transfer [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] and optical properties [18][19][20][21] than traditional single-phase heat transfer fluids and demonstrate high potential for solar energy applications [20,21]. Moreover, the nanofluids and nanoparticle suspensions have found multiple applications in microelectronics [16,17,[22][23][24], nuclear power generation [25], medicine [26,27], chemical technology [28], etc.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%