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INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS IN HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER
卷 57, 期 -, 页码 79-90出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2014.07.005
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CNT-water nanofluid; Solid volume fraction; Tilt angle; Solar collector; Nanofluid
Solar thermal collectors have significant importance due to its wide use in solar thermal technology. Augmentation of heat transfer is a key challenge for solar thermal technology. A quarter circular solar thermal collectors is investigated throughout the paper introducing carbon nanotube (CNT)-water nanofluid in the cavity. Tilt angle of this type of collector plays a vital role and heat transfer can be maximized for a particular tilt angle and solid volume fraction of the nanofluid. Galerkin weighted residual of FEM has been applied for the numerical solution of the problem. Grid independency test and code validation have been assessed for the accuracy of numerical solution. In this paper a wide range of solid volume fraction (delta = 0 to delta = 0.12) and tilt angle (phi = 0 to phi = 60 degrees) has been investigated for Rayleigh number (Ra = 10(5)-10(8)) with varying dimensionless times. It has been found that both solid volume fraction and tilt angle play vital roles for the augmentation of heat transfer and a good heat transfer characteristic can be obtained by compromising between these two parameters. The results are shown using streamline, isotherm contour and related graph and chart. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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