Effective utilization of natural convection via novel fin design & influence of enhanced viscosity due to carbon nano-particles in a solar cooling thermal storage system

• Main Authors: Singh, Rupinder Pal, Xu, Haoxin, Kaushik, S. C., Rakshit, Dibakar, Romagnoli, Alessandro
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering; Solar Cooling; Thermal Energy Storage
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/151637
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The present work proposes a novel fin design for high temperature solar cooling thermal storage system (TES) which utilizes natural convection more effectively. Different fin structures are investigated for quick heat absorption, and their thermal performance is compared with carbon nanoparticles ba...