Experimental evaluation of a prototype hybrid CPV/T system utilizing a nanoparticle fluid absorber at elevated temperatures

Otanicar, Todd; Dale, John; Orosz, Matthew; Brekke, Nick; DeJarnette, Drew; Tunkara, Ebrima; Roberts, Kenneth; Harikumar, Parameswar

doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.07.055

Title: Experimental evaluation of a prototype hybrid CPV/T system utilizing a nanoparticle fluid absorber at elevated temperatures

Journal Article · Wed Jul 18 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Applied Energy

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.07.055· OSTI ID:1613602

Otanicar, Todd ^[1]; Dale, John ^[1];

^[1]; Brekke, Nick ^[1]; DeJarnette, Drew ^[1]; Tunkara, Ebrima ^[1]; Roberts, Kenneth ^[1]; Harikumar, Parameswar ^[1]

Univ. of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK (United States)

Novel approaches for solar energy conversion continue to garner interest as a potential thermal and electrical energy source. Additionally, the need for systems capable of producing thermal energy at temperatures up to 300 °C is growing as a means to provide process heat to industry and distributed generation for small communities. An approach that has seen recent increased interest is the hybrid concentrating photovoltaic/thermal collector that can co-produce electricity and heat energy above 100 °C. A technique for this is to use nanoparticles in the heat transfer fluid to spectrally filter off wavelengths poorly utilized by the photovoltaic component. Here, we have demonstrated the first on-sun operation of a nanoparticle based hybrid CPV/T solar collector at temperatures exceeding 100 °C using a combination of gold and indium tin oxide nanoparticles in Duratherm S flowing in the receiver, with an aperture area a full order of magnitude larger than other tests. At 14× concentration the system achieved a photovoltaic efficiency of 4% while achieving a peak thermal efficiency of 61% with an outlet temperature of the fluid of 110 °C.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)

Grant/Contract Number:: AR0000463

OSTI ID:: 1613602

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1692212

Journal Information:: Applied Energy, Vol. 228, Issue C; ISSN 0306-2619

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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