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Performance Analysis of Flat-Plate Solar Collector Using Tungsten Trioxide Nanofluid

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An experimental study was performed to investigate the performance of flat-plate solar collector using water and WO3 nanofluid as working fluids. Analysis and comparison were carried out for energy efficiency, entropy generation, exergy destruction, and exergy efficiency. WO3 nanofluid exhibited 13.49% higher efficiency when compared to water on operation with flat-plate solar collector. The entropy generation was minimum for 0.0667 vol.% WO3 nanofluid and maximum for water. The flat-plate collector exhibited improved exergy efficiency 24.63, 34.83, and 57.39% for 0.0167 vol.% WO3, 0.0334 vol.% WO3, and 0.0667 vol.% WO3 nanofluid on comparison with water. The solar collector indicates the highest exergy efficiency for 0.0667 vol.% WO3 nanofluid. On experimentation, solar flat collector exhibited the use of WO3 nanofluid could improve the thermal efficiency, and maximum performance was attained for the use of 0.0667 vol.% WO3 nanofluid.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam, Erode, 638401, Tamil Nadu, India

    J. Vinoth Kumar, A. Amarkarthik, R. Harish, S. Mugundan & R. R. Suriyaa

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Vinoth Kumar, J., Amarkarthik, A., Harish, R., Mugundan, S., Suriyaa, R.R. (2021). Performance Analysis of Flat-Plate Solar Collector Using Tungsten Trioxide Nanofluid. In: Kumaresan, G., Shanmugam, N.S., Dhinakaran, V. (eds) Advances in Materials Research. ICAMR 2019. Springer Proceedings in Materials, vol 5. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8319-3_83

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