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The performance evaluation of unsteady MHD non-Darcy nanofluid flow over a porous wedge due to renewable (solar) energy

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  • Kandasamy, R.
  • Muhaimin, I.
  • Rosmila, A.K.

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Solar energy has been used since the beginning of time and is vital to all living things. In addition to solar energy being a constant resource, heat and electricity are other forms of energy that can be made from solar energy. Technology allows solar energy to be converted into electricity through solar thermal heat. The main advantages of solar energy are that it is clean, able to operate independently or in conjunction with traditional energy sources, and is remarkably renewable. Nanofluid-based direct solar receivers, where nanoparticles in a liquid medium can scatter and absorb solar radiation, have recently received interest to efficiently distribute and store the thermal energy. The objective of the present work is to investigate theoretically the effect of copper nanoparticles in the presence of magnetic field on unsteady non-Darcy flow and heat transfer of incompressible copper nanofluid along a porous wedge due to solar energy. It is of special interest in this work to consider that the similarity transformation is used for unsteady flow. Copper nanofluid flow over a porous wedge plays a significant role and absorbs the incident solar radiation and transits it to the working fluid by convection.

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  • Kandasamy, R. & Muhaimin, I. & Rosmila, A.K., 2014. "The performance evaluation of unsteady MHD non-Darcy nanofluid flow over a porous wedge due to renewable (solar) energy," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 64(C), pages 1-9.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:64:y:2014:i:c:p:1-9
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.10.019
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    1. Dehghan, Maziar & Rahmani, Yousef & Domiri Ganji, Davood & Saedodin, Seyfollah & Valipour, Mohammad Sadegh & Rashidi, Saman, 2015. "Convection–radiation heat transfer in solar heat exchangers filled with a porous medium: Homotopy perturbation method versus numerical analysis," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 74(C), pages 448-455.
    2. Jin, Xin & Lin, Guiping & Zeiny, Aimen & Jin, Haichuan & Bai, Lizhan & Wen, Dongsheng, 2019. "Solar photothermal conversion characteristics of hybrid nanofluids: An experimental and numerical study," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 141(C), pages 937-949.
    3. Rashidi, Saman & Esfahani, Javad Abolfazli & Rashidi, Abbas, 2017. "A review on the applications of porous materials in solar energy systems," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 73(C), pages 1198-1210.
    4. Hussein, Ahmed Kadhim, 2016. "Applications of nanotechnology to improve the performance of solar collectors – Recent advances and overview," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 62(C), pages 767-792.
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