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JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
卷 17, 期 2, 页码 1233-1239出版社
AMER SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2017.12695
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Nanofluids; Reduced Graphene Oxide; Direct Absorption Solar Collectors; Thermal Conductivity; Optical Properties
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- Indian Institute of Technology Madras
- Ministry of Steel, India
Direct absorption solar collectors ( DASC) convert solar energy into heat energy and transfer this heat energy to a carrier fluid. Numerical and experimental studies have shown that replacing the absorber medium with nanofluids in DASC increases the efficiency of solar collector significantly. Present work investigates the dispersion stability, optical and thermal properties of reduced few-layered graphene oxide (rGO) dispersed nanofluids for DASC. The synthesis of rGO was carried out by hydrogen exfoliation of graphene oxide at 200 degrees C. As-synthesized rGO was suitably functionalized to impart the hydrophilic nature. Different characterization techniques were employed to analyze the surface morphology of the sample. Nanofluids were prepared by dispersing calculated amount of functionalized rGO in DI water and ethylene glycol. Optical properties study reveals that the nanofluids exhibit good absorption ability over base fluids. The extinction coefficient of nanofluids showed significant improvement even at low concentration. Furthermore, the temperature dependent thermal conductivity study with different volume fractions, carried out for DI water and ethylene glycol-based nanofluids, shows considerable enhancement.
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