Design and Analysis of Nanofluid Spectrum Splitting CPVT System with Multi-plate Mirror Concentrator
A novel concentrating solar photovoltaic and thermal(CPVT)system using multi-plate mirror concentrator and water-based Ag/CoSO4 nanofluid spectrum splitter is designed in this pa-per.The water-based Ag/CoSO4 nanofluid is prepared and measured.The results reveal that the absorption and transmission rates of the Ag/CoSO4 nanofluid are 42.3%and 57.7%in the full spec-trum range.The optical analysis results of the CPVT system show that the optical efficiency of the system is 96.34%.The thermodynamic analysis reveals that the photoelectric efficiency of the PV module and that of the CPVT system are 28.9%and 16.7%,and the thermal and exergy efficiencies of the CPVT system are 40.9%and 22.3%.With the inlet nanofluid flow velocity increased from 0.004 m/s to 0.008 m/s,the exergy efficiency of the CPVT system decreases from 24%to 21%,while when the inlet nanofluid temperature increases from 278 K to 298 K,the exergy efficiency increases from 22%to 23.2%.
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