An Investigation into Forced Convection of a Nanofluid Flowing in a Rectangular Microchannel under the Influence of a Magnetic Field

In line with recent studies,where it has been shown that nanofluids containing graphene have a stronger capacity to boost the heat transfer coefficient with respect to ordinary nanofluids,experiments have been conducted using water with cobalt ferrite/graphene nanoparticles.In particular,a circular channel made of copper subjected to a constant heatflux has been considered.As nanoparticles are sensitive to the presence of a magneticfield,different conditions have been examined,allowing both the strength and the frequency of such afield to span relatively wide ranges and assuming different concentrations of nanoparticles.According to thefindings,the addition of nanoparticles to thefluid causes its rotation speed to increase by a factor of two,whereas ultraviolet radiation plays a negligible role.The amount of time required to attain the maximum rotation speed of the nanofluid and the Nusselt number have been measured under both constant and alternating magneticfields for a ferrofluid with a concentration of 0.5%and atflow Reynolds number of 550 and 1750.

Modelling and optimization of combined heat and power system in microgrid based on renewable energy

Due to the short distance between the sources of production and consumption,microgrids(MGs)have received considerable attention because these systems involve fewer losses and waste less energy.And another advantage of MGs is that renewable energy sources can be widely used because these resources are not fully available and can provide a part of the required power.The purpose of this research is to model the MG considering the production sources of microturbines,gas turbines and internal combustion engines.Renewable energies such as wind turbines(WTs)and photovoltaic(PV)cells have been used to provide part of the required power and,because of the lack of access to renewable energy sources at all times,energy reserves such as batteries and fuel cells(FCs)have been considered.The power of the microturbine,gas turbine,internal combustion engine,FC and battery in this system is 162,150,90,100 and 225 kW,respectively.After modelling the studied system,optimization was done using the imperialist competitive algorithm to minimize production costs and provide maximum thermal and electrical loads.The maximum production power for PVs is equal to 0.6860 MWh and at this time this value for WTs is equal to 0.3812 MWh,in which case the excess electricity produced will be sold to the grid.

Thermo-economic analysis of the performance of the combined system with evacuated tube collectors

Using combined cooling,heat and power systems can be an appropriate substitute for preventing emissions of pollutants and excessive consumption of fossil fuels.Utilizing renewable energy in these systems as a source of power generation can be an appropriate substitute for fossil-fuel-based systems.Therefore,in this paper,cogeneration cooling,heat and power systems based on gas-fired internal combustion engines with a solar-thermal system with evacuated tube collectors have been modelled and thermo-economic analysis has been done to compare fossil-fuel-based systems.The required rate of heat to supply the hot water is 50 kW.In the studied system,the internal combustion engine produces electrical energy.Then,the solar-thermal system with evacuated tube collectors and the gas-burning generator provide the thermal energy required by the studied building and the primary stimulus of the absorption chiller for cooling.In this study,two different scenarios are conducted in states considering simultaneous production systems and regardless of this environmental and thermo-economic analysis system.The results showed that the efficiency of the studied system was 60% in summer and 56% in winter.

Modelling and analysis of parameters of vacuum tube solar collector with U-shaped tube for different climates

In this study,based on the energy balance for different components of a double-layered vacuum-tube solar collector with a U-tube,the thermal performance of the collector unit is investigated separately using an analytical and quasi-dynamic method.The model used in this study determines the temperature distribution in longitudinal and radial directions.In this research,the effects of physical parameters and heat transfer including the size of the collector,thermal-loss coefficient,absorption coefficient,mass flow and thermal resistance of the air layer under different climate conditions have been evaluated on the performance of the vacuum-tube collector.The results showed that by increasing the diameter of the tube with constant length,the annual thermal efficiency of the collector increased.Also,in a fixed-diameter tube,with increasing tube length,the annual efficiency increases,but this increase is meagre for lengths of>1.5 m.The optimal mass flow rate for maximum efficiency has been obtained for cities with different climates.According to the results,the optimal flow for different climates has different values that can be optimized as a relationship between the average solar radiation annually as a symbol of temperature and flow.

Investigation and optimization of solar collector and geothermal pump hybrid system for cogeneration of heat and power with exergy-economic approach

To use energy systems based on renewable sources,it is very important to consider backup and hybrid sources because renewable energies are not available all the time;therefore,in this system,a geothermal pump is used to preheat the fluid,then the heated fluid is sent to the vacuum tube collector to reach a higher temperature by absorbing solar-thermal energy,and after absorbing solar energy,it goes to the evaporator to produce superheated steam and finally the superheated fluid moves to the steam turbine to produce energy.After the simulation,thermodynamic analysis along with economic analysis has been done.In the base state,the energy efficiency and exergy of cogeneration were 0.566 and 0.156,respectively;the energy efficiency and electrical exergy were better than 0.057 and 0.065;and the overall output and immutable work values were 50 and 671.1 kW,respectively.

Parametric investigation of thermal behaviour of salt-gradient solar pool for climatic conditions

The use of solar energy is highly welcomed due to its availability everywhere.Among the types of solar energy technologies,the use of this type of energy to produce heat from different aspects is much more common,so in this research we have tried to examine different aspects of producing thermal energy from solar energy to supply the heat required by the pool.For this purpose,numerical modelling of the solar pool has been done by considering the heat-transfer characteristics and validation has been done to ensure the obtained results.In this paper,according to the physical realities facing solar systems in two scenarios,an analysis with shadow and without shadow has been done.One of the important results is that as the surface of the pool increases,the amount of heat absorption by the pool fluid will increase,but the effect of the shadow will decrease.