Year 2016

• Performance of the flat plate solar collector operated with water-Al2O3 nanofluid

  Publication

  • J. Cieśliński
  • B. Dawidowicz
  • A. Popakul

  - Applied Mechanics and Materials - Year 2016

  The paper discusses the effect of application of water-Al2O3 nanofluid, as a working fluid, on the efficiency of a flat plate solar collector. The mass concentration of nanoparticles was 0.1%, 0.2% and 0.4%. The tests were conducted for two values of radiation of about 1050 W/m2 and 400 W/m2, and volume flow rates of 60 l/h, 120 l/h and 170 l/h. The efficiency was calculated according to recommendations of the Polish Standard....

Year 2015

• Performance of the flat plate solar collector operated with water-Al2O3 nanofluid

  Publication

  • J. Cieśliński
  • B. Dawidowicz
  • A. Popakul

  - Year 2015

  This paper shows the experimental results of the performance a flat plate solar collector with water-Al2O3 nanofluid as a working fluid. The weight fractions of nanoparticles were 0.1%, 0.2% and 0.4%. The volume flow rate of nanofluid varied from 60 l/h to 170 l/h. The results show that application of nanofluids instead of pure water resulted in higher efficiency of the tested flat plate solar collector for given range of thermal...