Highly efficient energy harvest via external rotating magnetic field for oil based nanofluid direct absorption solar collector

Debing Wang; Wenwen Liang; Zhiheng Zheng; Peiyu Jia; Yunrui Yan; Huaqing Xie; Lingling Wang; Wei Yu

Green Energy & Environment (Apr 2021)

Highly efficient energy harvest via external rotating magnetic field for oil based nanofluid direct absorption solar collector

Debing Wang,
Wenwen Liang,
Zhiheng Zheng,
Peiyu Jia,
Yunrui Yan,
Huaqing Xie,
Lingling Wang,
Wei Yu

Affiliations

Debing Wang: School of Environmental and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering, Shanghai Polytechnic University, Shanghai, 201209, China
Wenwen Liang: School of Environmental and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering, Shanghai Polytechnic University, Shanghai, 201209, China
Zhiheng Zheng: School of Environmental and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering, Shanghai Polytechnic University, Shanghai, 201209, China; Research Center of Resource Recycling Science and Engineering, Shanghai Polytechnic University, Shanghai, 201209, China; Corresponding authors.
Peiyu Jia: School of Environmental and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering, Shanghai Polytechnic University, Shanghai, 201209, China
Yunrui Yan: School of Environmental and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering, Shanghai Polytechnic University, Shanghai, 201209, China
Huaqing Xie: School of Environmental and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering, Shanghai Polytechnic University, Shanghai, 201209, China
Lingling Wang: School of Environmental and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering, Shanghai Polytechnic University, Shanghai, 201209, China; Research Center of Resource Recycling Science and Engineering, Shanghai Polytechnic University, Shanghai, 201209, China
Wei Yu: School of Environmental and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering, Shanghai Polytechnic University, Shanghai, 201209, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Engineering Materials Application and Evaluation, College of Engineering, Shanghai Polytechnic University, Shanghai, 201209, China; Corresponding authors.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 2
pp. 298 – 307

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Nanofluids based direct absorption solar collectors (DASCs) are considered as the important alternative for further improve the utilization of solar energy. However the low-quality energy and aggregation of nanoparticles obstructs their large-scale application. In this work, a new method of using magnetic nanofluids in DASCs is proposed. By this method, not only high-quality energy is got as well as the problems of blockage and corrosion in heat exchanger are well avoided. The result shows that the maximum temperature can reach 98 °C under 3 solar irradiations and the photothermal conversion efficiency can be further increased by 12.8% when the concentration is 500 ppm after adding an external rotating magnetic field. The highest viscosity of working fluid reduced by 21% when the concentration is 500 ppm at 95 °C after separating the Fe3O4@C nanoparticles from the nanofluids via magnetic separation technology. Meanwhile, the obtained pure base liquids with high temperature flow to heat exchanger, which also reduces the flow resistance in pipeline and avoids the problems such as blockage and corrosion in heat exchanger. This research promotes a new way for the efficient utilization of solar energy.

Published in Green Energy & Environment

ISSN: 2468-0257 (Online)
Publisher: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
Country of publisher: China
LCC subjects: Technology: Mechanical engineering and machinery: Renewable energy sources; Science: Biology (General): Ecology
Website: https://www.keaipublishing.com/en/journals/green-energy-and-environment/

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