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Figure 4.8 Nanofluid based solar collectors – Hot storage fluid stream supplied power (Tank_P_Out);
Auxiliary heater supplied power (boil_P); Chiller’s generator required power (hot_P) – TRNSYS Graph
Figure 4.9 Nanofluid based solar collectors – Hot storage fluid stream supplied power (Tank_P_Out); Auxiliary heater supplied power (boil_P); Chiller’s generator required power (hot_P) [kJ/hr] – TRNSYS Graph
In the following table (table 1), how the rate of useful energy gain by the nanofluid-based solar
collector increases is shown.
Table 1 Water and nanofluid based solar collectors – Power gain
WATER
NANOFLUID
Coll_P
Coll_P
kW
kW
%
JUNE
19.93
31.09
56.00
JULY
297.99
465.85
56.33
AUGUST
222.39
352.44
58.48
SEPTEMBER
43.72
70.75
61.83
692
POWER GAIN
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