Performance enhancement of an evacuated tubes solar collector using Forchheimer’s saturated porous media with embedded nanofluid
Researcher Name
Mohammad B Al-Dweik
Name Of Journal
Advances in Mechanical Engineering
Volume No.
14/3
Date Of Publication
2022.03
Abstract
The evacuated tube solar collector is a proper choice for converting solar energy into heat since it is efficient, practical,
and cost-effective. In the current study, the role of nanofluid in porous medium was numerically investigated to improve
the performance of a solar collector model and the potential to store energy. The governing equations for the suggested
model were solved analytically in the fully developed region using the Forchheimer model. The investigation of the
impact on temperature fluctuation in the solar collector was done by considering several factors such as medium porosity,
pore diameter, nanoparticles with respect to the solid volume ratio, system pressure, and conduit radius. The governing
equations for the entrance region were expressed in a non-dimensional form and solved using the finite
difference method (FDM), with the resulting non-dimensional differential equation solved using MATLAB software.
Various parameters, such as Prantel number (Pr) and fluid vel