Open AccessExperimental Determination of Water, Water/Ethylene Glycol and TiO2-SiO2 Nanofluids mixture with Water/Ethylene Glycol to Three Square Multilayer Absorber Collector on Solar Water Heating System: A Comparative Investigation
Author(s) -
Mohd Amiruddin Fikri,
W. M. Faizal,
Abdul Hafidz Yusoff,
Bo Zhang,
Xiongwei Jiang,
Anwar Ilmar Ramadhan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/1062/1/012019
Subject(s) - nanofluid , ethylene glycol , distilled water , materials science , volume (thermodynamics) , working fluid , intensity (physics) , nanofluids in solar collectors , analytical chemistry (journal) , composite material , optics , thermodynamics , chemical engineering , thermal , chemistry , nanotechnology , photovoltaic thermal hybrid solar collector , nanoparticle , chromatography , physics , engineering
This paper investigates three square multilayer absorber solar collector in Solar Water Heating System (SWHS) experimentally. The main aim was to study the output temperature of the solar absorber collector based on distilled water (DW), water/ethylene glycol (W/EG) and TiO2-SiO2 nanofluids. An experimental apparatus for testing absorber solar collector was designed and built at Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (Jeli Campus). By using the two-step method, TiO2-SiO2 nanofluids with ratio 30:70 and volume concentration at 1.0%. For W/EG the ratio is 60:40. The effect working fluid was studied experimentally on the output temperature of three square multilayer absorber solar collector in SWHS with Angle of Sunlight (AoS) at 45°, volume flow rate at 3 litres per minute (LPM) and varies Intensity of Light (IoL) at 300, 500 and 700 W/m 2 . The output temperature is determined through the experimental results by using this apparatus. The result reveals that the output temperature of the solar absorber collector is TiO2- SiO2 nanofluids with 1.0% of volume concentration as a best working fluid at each intensity of light.