Experimental Investigation of Parabolic Dish Solar Collector using Nanofluids for Steam Cooking

Bekele, Addisu; Dereje, Shifera; Pandey, Vivek; Badruddin, Irfan Anjum

doi:10.1007/s13369-023-08278-7

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“…Many researchers have conducted studies on the use of solar collectors like indirect solar cookers [6][7][8][9][10]. To fulfill the demands of rural populations, [11] a solar cooker with a PTC was created.…”

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“…In conventional heat transfer fluids, nanofluids are created by scattering and steadily suspending nanoparticles, whose size in typically in the range of 1 to 100 nm [14]. Researchers demonstrated that nanofluids have superior heat conductivity and stronger convective heat transfer capability than base fluids through their usage in solar cooker applications [7,[15][16][17]. Many studies investigated the nanofluid-based PTC experimentally and numerically.…”

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Thermal Performance Analysis of an Indirect Solar Cooker Using a Graphene Oxide Nanofluid

Shaaban,

Abdel-Salam,

Farroh

et al. 2024

Sustainability

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Solar energy has become an energy source for a wide range of uses, including in solar cookers, due to its availability, cleanliness, environmental friendliness, and sustainability. In this study, an indirect solar cooker was investigated by measuring its thermal performance using a Graphene Oxide (GO) nanofluid. Water, GO (250 ppm)-water, and GO (500 ppm)-water were used as heat transfer fluids. The experimental set-up consisted of the cooking part and a solar collector, which are the two essential elements in indirect solar cookers. The cooking part was a wooden box solar cooker, and the parabolic trough solar collector was a polished stainless steel structure. The solar cooker was assessed using the stagnation test and load test as well as energy and exergy measurements. According to the test results, the averaged F1 was 0.1 for the base fluid water, 0.11 for GO (250 ppm)-water, and 0.13 for GO (500 ppm)-water. In addition, using a GO nanofluid instead of water in the solar cooker, the system’s thermal performance, energy, and exergy efficiency were improved. The use of the GO (250 ppm)-water and GO (500 ppm)-water nanofluids instead of water in the system improved the overall energy efficiency of the system by 3.3 and 4.2%. Moreover, using GO (500 ppm)-water allowed for achieving superior performance.

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