Impact of Magnetic Field on the Dynamic Performance of Photovoltaic-Thermal Panel with Nanofluids

Abstract

The performance of a hybrid solar collector photovoltaic-thermal solar panel system under a magnetic field using nanofluids was presented hereby. A two-dimensional dynamic heat transfer and fluid flow model was developed to describe the behavior of the photovoltaic cell-thermal panel at different conditions such as solar irradiance, nanoparticles, different magnetic field gauss forces. different material properties, and boundary conditions. The model has been established after the dynamic mass and energy equations coupled with the heat transfer relationships, and thermodynamic properties as well as material properties under different magnetic gauss forces. Comparisons were made against literature data for validation purposes of the predictive model. The model fairly predicted the key parameters under different nanofluids conditions, magnetic fields, and compared well with existing data on the subject.