Performance Analysis of a Solar Collector Using Nanofluids

The Efficiency of Energy and Exergy is Generally Used as the Mostimportant Parameter in Order to Introduce and Compare the Thermal Systems Offlat Plate Solar Collectors. the First Law of Thermodynamics is Not Solelycapable of Demonstrating Quantitative and Qualitative Performance of Suchsystems, so the Second Law is Required to Illustrate the Performances. in Thispaper, an Analysis was Done for Heat Transfer Performance and Exergy Efficiencyof Flat Plate Solar Collectors Using Four Types of Nanofluids, e.g. Zno/water,CeO2/water, Nio and Coo/water. these Nanofluids were Used Withdifferent Nanoparticle Volume Fractions in the Range of 1% to 4%. Besides this,the Present Work also Focuses on the Performance of Solar Collector Withdifferent Volume Flow Rates. Investigation Consequences are also Compared Withthe Presently Available Literature for Conventional Solar Collectors. Thehighest Heat Transfer Performance and Exergy Efficiency were Obtained for CeO2/waternanofluid among all Nanofluids. Nio/water and Coo/water Nanofluids Representalmost same Performance but Higher than Water. the Results Reveal that, CeO2/waternanofluid Indicates Maximum Heat Transfer with Maximum Exergy.