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Nan, Yi. Heat transfer enhancement with nanofluid flowing through a prismatic glass louver for solar energy harvest and illumination. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-w7jz-3a40

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TitleHeat transfer enhancement with nanofluid flowing through a prismatic glass louver for solar energy harvest and illumination
NameNan, Yi (author); Guo, Zhixiong (chair); Cook-Chennault, Kimberly (member); Bilgen, Onur (member); Madamopoulos, Nicholas (member); Rutgers University; School of Graduate Studies
Date Created2023
Other Date2023-01 (degree)
SubjectEngineering, Heat -- Transmission, Nanofluids, Solar energy
Extent113 pages : illustrations
DescriptionThe field of nanofluids has received interesting attention since the concept of dispersing nanoparticles into fluids was introduced in the late period of 20th century. The use of renewable solar energy has also come to the forefront of more and more people’s minds. This dissertation investigates heat transfer enhancement using nanofluid in a new energy-harvesting device: a prismatic louver for solar energy harvest and illumination. The louver transmits enough visible sunlight for natural lighting and collects mostultraviolet and infrared solar energy. To develop this new technology, the efficiency of collecting ultraviolet, infrared, and visible light, as well as the transmittance of visible light, was studied for a louver flowing with either water or water-based nanofluid. The conjugate thermal convectionand conduction were simulated by commercial software with the input of the obtained solar absorption distribution. Different nanofluid models and temperature-dependent thermophysical properties were taken into account. Examination of temperature rise and distribution under different arrangements of solar air mass models, nanoparticle sizes, and flow parameters was executed. Due to the dilute nature of the considered nanofluids, it was found that the nanofluid properties are not significantly affected by the various nanofluid models. The diameter of the nanoparticles and the Reynolds number of the flow have a significant effect on the amount of solar thermal energy collected and the extent to which it is effectively utilized.
NotePh.D.
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
Genretheses
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-w7jz-3a40
LanguageEnglish
CollectionSchool of Graduate Studies Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
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