Thermal growth in solar water pump using Prandtl-Eyring hybrid nanofluid: a solar energy application

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 11; no. 1; p. 18704
• Main Authors: Jamshed, Wasim, Nasir, Nor Ain Azeany Mohd, Isa, Siti Suzilliana Putri Mohamed, Safdar, Rabia, Shahzad, Faisal, Nisar, Kottakkaran Sooppy, Eid, Mohamed R, Abdel-Aty, Abdel-Haleem, Yahia, I S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Nature Publishing Group 21.09.2021; Nature Publishing Group UK; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: Energy; Energy sources; Entropy; Heat; Molybdenum disulfide; Nanoparticles; Nanotechnology; Radiation; Shear stress; Solar energy; Solar radiation; Thermal conductivity; Thermal radiation
• ISSN: 2045-2322; 2045-2322
• DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-98103-8

Nowadays, with the advantages of nanotechnology and solar radiation, the research of Solar Water Pump (SWP) production has become a trend. In this article, Prandtl-Eyring hybrid nanofluid (P-EHNF) is chosen as a working fluid in the SWP model for the production of SWP in a parabolic trough surface collector (PTSC) is investigated for the case of numerous viscous dissipation, heat radiations, heat source, and the entropy generation analysis. By using a well-established numerical scheme the group of equations in terms of energy and momentum have been handled that is called the Keller-box method. The velocity, temperature, and shear stress are briefly explained and displayed in tables and figures. Nusselt number and surface drag coefficient are also being taken into reflection for illustrating the numerical results. The first finding is the improvement in SWP production is generated by amplification in thermal radiation and thermal conductivity variables. A single nanofluid and hybrid nanofluid is very crucial to provide us the efficient heat energy sources. Further, the thermal efficiency of MoS -Cu/EO than Cu-EO is between 3.3 and 4.4% The second finding is the addition of entropy is due to the increasing level of radiative flow, nanoparticles size, and Prandtl-Eyring variable.