Enhancement of photo-thermal conversion using gold nanofluids with different particle sizes

被引：131
作者：
Chen, Meijie [1 ]
He, Yurong [1 ]
Zhu, Jiaqi [2 ]
Kim, Dong Rip [3 ]
机构：
[1] Harbin Inst Technol, Sch Energy Sci & Engn, Harbin 150001, Peoples R China
[2] Harbin Inst Technol, Sch Astronaut, Harbin 150001, Peoples R China
[3] Hanyang Univ, Sch Mech Engn, Seoul 133791, South Korea
来源：
ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT | 2016年 / 112卷
基金：
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词：
Gold nanofluids; Plasmonic nanoparticle; Solar energy; Photo-thermal conversion; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; PLASMON RESONANCE; SEEDED GROWTH; HEAT-TRANSFER; SOLAR; ABSORPTION; NANOPARTICLES; CONVECTION; EFFICIENCY;
D O I：
10.1016/j.enconman.2016.01.009
中图分类号：
O414.1 [热力学];
学科分类号：
摘要：
This work describes an experimental study of the particle size dependence of gold nanofluids during photo-thermal conversion in a direct absorption solar collector (DASC). Au nanoparticles (NPs) with different sizes were synthesized using a seed mediated method. Au NPs play a significant role in enhancing the solar light absorption with respect to a pure base fluid at a very low concentration due to the localized surface plasmon resonance effect. Experimental results of the photo-thermal conversion showed that the photo-thermal conversion efficiency of Au nanofluids obtained an average enhancement of 19.9% and 21.3% for a cube shaped DASC and a flat shaped DASC, respectively, compared with H2O at a relatively low mass fraction (similar to 0.000008% weight). Reducing the Au NP size led to the enhancement of the photo-thermal conversion efficiency under the present experimental conditions, which could be an effective way for the. modification of optical properties and thermodynamic characteristics. However, the size of Au NPs did not significantly influence the efficiency for the cube shaped DASC. The cube shaped DASC model usually had the higher efficiency than the flat DASC model using the same working fluids since the heat loss percentage of the cube shaped DASC was lower. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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