Experimental Investigation on Shallow Solar Pond Using CuO Nano Particles

Abstract:

On the increase of energy needs and rising environmental concern forces the use of renewable and to search the alternative source of energy for the polluting fossil fuels. The best alternative energy is solar which is being emitted by the sun and is collected and is stored in various thermal storage medium. Solar pond is one of the best ways to collect solar energy in that shallow solar pond is one of its type. From the name it implies the pond depth is small so the solar pond can be fabricated in a simple manner with very low cost covering large area. Previous research they have used baffle plates to find out the thermal performance, but this research brings out using CuO nano particles and has been examined experimentally. The shallow solar pond is built with a surface area of 1.7m² with a depth of 0.5m. The experiment has been carried out during the month of April of 2016 under the climatic conditions of pachapalayam [Latitude 10.95⁰N, Longitude 76.89⁰E]. It was examined for the six successive sunny days and its temperature of lower convective zone varies from 1.3°C to 9.2°C, with the maximum rise in temperature is obtained when adding 0.8% concentration of nano particles.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 877)
• Pages: 409-413
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.877.409
• Online since: February 2018
• Authors: Dhandapani Sathish*, R. Thirunavukkarasu, S. Jegadeeswaran, S. Periyasamy
• Keywords: CuO Nano Particles, Lower Convective Zone, Shallow Solar Pond, Solar Energy

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