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Optimization of Solar CCHP Systems with Collector Enhanced by Porous Media and Nanofluid

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  • Navid Tonekaboni
  • Mahdi Feizbahr
  • Nima Tonekaboni
  • Guang-Jun Jiang
  • Hong-Xia Chen
  • Noorbakhsh Amiri Golilarz

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The low efficiency of solar collectors can be mentioned as one of the problems in solar combined cooling, heating, and power (CCHP) cycles. For improving solar systems, nanofluid and porous media are used in solar collectors. One of the advantages of using porous media and nanoparticles is to absorb more energy under the same conditions. In this research, a solar combined cooling, heating, and power (SCCHP) system has been optimized by porous media and nanofluid for generating electricity, cooling, and heating of a 600 m2 building in a warm and dry region with average solar radiation of Ib = 820 w/m2 in Iran. In this paper, the optimal amount of nanofluid in porous materials has been calculated to the extent that no sediment is formed. In this study, solar collectors were enhanced with copper porous media (95% porosity) and CuO and Al2O3 nanofluids. 0.1%–0.6% of the nanofluids were added to water as working fluids; it is found that 0.5% of the nanofluids lead to the highest energy and exergy efficiency enhancement in solar collectors and SCCHP systems. Maximum energy and exergy efficiency of parabolic thermal collector (PTC) riches in this study are 74.19% and 32.6%, respectively. Figure 1 can be mentioned as a graphical abstract for accurately describing the cycle of solar CCHP.

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  • Navid Tonekaboni & Mahdi Feizbahr & Nima Tonekaboni & Guang-Jun Jiang & Hong-Xia Chen & Noorbakhsh Amiri Golilarz, 2021. "Optimization of Solar CCHP Systems with Collector Enhanced by Porous Media and Nanofluid," Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Hindawi, vol. 2021, pages 1-12, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:hin:jnlmpe:9984840
    DOI: 10.1155/2021/9984840
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