Optimizing Nanofluid Transport Over Non-linearly Stretched Sheets in Bifacial Photovoltaic-Thermal Hybrid Systems for Solar Thermal Energy Applications

Optimizing Nanofluid Transport Over Non-linearly Stretched Sheets in Bifacial Photovoltaic-Thermal Hybrid Systems for Solar Thermal Energy Applications | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Research Article Optimizing Nanofluid Transport Over Non-linearly Stretched Sheets in Bifacial Photovoltaic-Thermal Hybrid Systems for Solar Thermal Energy Applications Usman Inayat, Tareq Manzoor, Shaukat Iqbal, Muhamamd Nasir Manzoor, and 2 more This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4121739/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Nanoparticles have the potential to enhance the performance of solar PV thermal hybrid systems through various mechanisms. Here are several ways in which nano-particles can be utilized to improve the functioning of such systems. In this study, a three dimensional transport of incompressible nano-fluids for bifacial solar photovoltaic-thermal energy system has been investigated for a non-linearly stretched elastic sheet. A mathematical model of passive control of nano-particle volume fraction is considered. The similarity transformations are used for having selfsimilar forms of boundary layer equations. Optimal Homotopy Asymptotic method (OHAM)is selected for obtaining the numerical solutions. The results have been presented for parametric analysis of three dimensional nanofluid transport over stretched sheet against variations in different physical parameters. In this work, impacts of stretching ratio, Brownian motion parameter, Lewis number, thermophoresis parameter and Schmidt number are investigated for velocity, nano-particle volume, and temperature profiles.It is deduced that power-law index has a declining trend against nano-particle volume fraction and penetration depth of temperature. It is also observed that the heat transfer rate and temperature are insignificantly affected by Brownian motion of nano-particles. PVt hermalhybrid Nano fluid Three − dimensional flow Optimalhomotopyasymptotic method Non − linearly stretching sheet Solar energy Storage Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. 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