STUDY ON PHOTOTHERMAL CONVERSION EXPERIMENT OF MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES AND DEEP EUTECTIC SOLVENT-BASED NANOFLUIDS

Huang Yingmei; Hu Yanxin; Fang Runquan; Chen Jie; Zheng Shaobin; Huang Jin

doi:10.19912/j.0254-0096.tynxb.2023-2027

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Acta Energiae Solaris Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (4) : 358-365. DOI: 10.19912/j.0254-0096.tynxb.2023-2027

STUDY ON PHOTOTHERMAL CONVERSION EXPERIMENT OF MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES AND DEEP EUTECTIC SOLVENT-BASED NANOFLUIDS

Huang Yingmei¹, Hu Yanxin^1,2, Fang Runquan¹, Chen Jie¹, Zheng Shaobin¹, Huang Jin¹

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In order to develop high performance heat collecting fluids for direct absorption solar collectors, nanofluids filled with carbon nanotubes （MWCNT） was prepared using urea/choline chloride composed of a deep eutectic solvent （DES） as a base solution. The results show that MWCNT-DES nanofluids has excellent stability and no obvious settlement in 15 days. In addition, the higher the mass concentration, the greater the thermal conductivity and viscosity of the MWCNT-DES nanofluids. The solar photothermal conversion performance of different types of base fluids was explored, and it is found that compared with water, DES have better solar photothermal conversion performance as a base fluid nanofluids. The addition of MWCNT nanoparticles can effectively improve the solar photothermal conversion efficiency of nanofluids. When the irradiation intensity is 1000 W/m²and the concentration is 0.007%, the solar photothermal conversion efficiency of MWCNT-DES nanofluids is 61.82%, which is 95% higher than that of DES-based liquid.

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solar energy / carbon nanotubes / stability / nanofluids / photothermal conversion

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Huang Yingmei, Hu Yanxin, Fang Runquan, Chen Jie, Zheng Shaobin, Huang Jin. STUDY ON PHOTOTHERMAL CONVERSION EXPERIMENT OF MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES AND DEEP EUTECTIC SOLVENT-BASED NANOFLUIDS[J]. Acta Energiae Solaris Sinica. 2025, 46(4): 358-365 https://doi.org/10.19912/j.0254-0096.tynxb.2023-2027

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