eprintid: 18269 rev_number: 2 eprint_status: archive userid: 1 dir: disk0/00/01/82/69 datestamp: 2024-06-04 14:10:26 lastmod: 2024-06-04 14:10:26 status_changed: 2024-06-04 14:02:06 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Al-Aasam, A.B. creators_name: Ibrahim, A. creators_name: Sopian, K. creators_name: Abdulsahib M, B. creators_name: Dayer, M. title: Nanofluid-based photovoltaic thermal solar collector with nanoparticle-enhanced phase change material (Nano-PCM) and twisted absorber tubes ispublished: pub keywords: Collector efficiency; Nanofluidics; Phase change materials; Silicon carbide; Solar energy; Solar power generation; Tubes (components), Exergy efficiencies; Nanoparticle-enhanced phase change material; Photo-voltaic efficiency; Photovoltaic thermal efficiency; Photovoltaic thermals; Primary energy saving efficiency; Primary energy savings; Thermal-efficiency, Nanoparticles note: cited By 7 abstract: Photovoltaic thermal (PVT) collectors convert solar energy into thermal and photovoltaic energy. The thermal performance of a PVT collector with a twisted absorber tube and nanoparticle-enhanced phase change material (Nano-PCM) was evaluated. The experiments were aimed to evaluate the photovoltaic, thermal and combination photovoltaic thermal efficiencies using an indoor solar simulator. Circular and twisted absorber tubes with Nano-PCM were evaluated in two designs. The working fluid was water with 0, 0.3, and 0.6 volume fractions of SiC nanofluids. The highest photovoltaic, thermal, and combined photovoltaic thermal efficiencies for the PVT-PCM with twisted tube and 0.6 nanofluids were 9.57, 84.74, and 94.31, respectively. The use of twisted absorber tubes with Nano-PCM increased the efficiency of the PVT collector. © 2023 The Authors date: 2023 official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85165534082&doi=10.1016%2fj.csite.2023.103299&partnerID=40&md5=56e493c8239ddd918a850bdf6a139280 id_number: 10.1016/j.csite.2023.103299 full_text_status: none publication: Case Studies in Thermal Engineering volume: 49 refereed: TRUE citation: Al-Aasam, A.B. and Ibrahim, A. and Sopian, K. and Abdulsahib M, B. and Dayer, M. (2023) Nanofluid-based photovoltaic thermal solar collector with nanoparticle-enhanced phase change material (Nano-PCM) and twisted absorber tubes. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 49.