Numerical Investigation of Direct Absorption Solar Collector using Nanofluids: A Review

1st International Postgraduate Conference on Mechanical Engineering

工业技术（总论）;机械制造

Rasih, R.A.^1^2 ; Sidik, N.A.C.^3 ; Samion, S.^2

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi, MARA Cawangan, Johor Kampus Pasir Gudang, Masai, Johor

81750, Malaysia^1

School of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, UTM Skudai, Johor

81310, Malaysia^2

Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), University Teknologi Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra (Jalan Semarak), Kuala Lumpur

54100, Malaysia^3

关键词: Cylindrical tubes;    Direct absorption;    Nano-particle dispersions;    Nanoparticle materials;    Numerical investigations;    Parabolic trough;    Recent progress;    Solar thermal collector;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/469/1/012059/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/469/1/012059

学科分类：工业工程学

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Research on direct absorption solar collector (DASC) has been quite intensive in the past decade. Solar thermal collector plays a vital role to determine the performance of DASC by utilized the heat transfer fluid to harvest the energy while the use of nanofluid (nanoparticle dispersion in a base fluid) enhanced the thermal conductivity. A lot of researchers have studied the influence of several parameters such as collector geometry and nanoparticle materials on the solar thermal collector efficiency for the past decade. This paper presents a recent progress on numerical modelling of nanofluid direct absorption solar collector (NDASC) for different type of geometry including flat type, parabolic trough and cylindrical tube. In this review, a more comprehensive numerical methods and solar collector geometry on NDASC are summarized. Finally, some recommendations are presented for future research guidance.