Open AccessAugmentation of the Thermal Efficiency of PTC using CeO2 Nanofluid
Author(s) -
Gaurav Bharadwaj,
Aneesh Sharma,
Vijay Kumar Dwivedi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of engineering and advanced technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2249-8958
DOI - 10.35940/ijeat.a2092.109119
Subject(s) - nanofluid , working fluid , materials science , cerium oxide , thermal , heat transfer fluid , thermal efficiency , thermodynamics , flow (mathematics) , mechanics , oxide , chemistry , metallurgy , physics , organic chemistry , combustion
In the current scenario, experts largely focused on mi niaturizing devices and energy efficiency during the development of solar system. In the present study, nanofluid is used as a working fluid to see its effect on the thermal performance of PTC. The Thermal analysis of PTC heating water using CeO2 nanofluids as a working fluid is presented. The experimentation were carried out using cerium oxide nanofluid, water and synthetic oil The result shows hat CeO2 nanofluid can be a good choice as a working fluid for smooth flow condition to use in PTC rather than water or any other synthetic oil. Experiment result shows, CeO2 – water can increase thermal efficiency by 2.66 times w.r.t water and 1.7 times w.r.t. synthetic oil.