Case study agrivoltaics technology using hybrid, triple magnetized sutterby nanofluid with joule heating application

Abstract

The motivation behind the current contribution is to establish a framework that examines the influence of sunlight on a novel Sutterby nano-liquid with magnetic field impact. The fluid flows through a photovoltaic (PV) plate. A model for tri-hybrid nanofluid has been developed and utilized to explore the effects of tri-hybrid nanoparticles on the flow, particularly focusing on heat transport and its gradient. The technique employed involves converting the partial differential equations (PDEs) derived from the initial prototype into ordinary differential equations (ODEs) through similarity transformation. Numerical results are obtained using the bvp4c method, which belongs to the Runge-Kutta family of ODE solvers. The notable finding from the results indicates that the incorporation of novel tri-hybrid nanoparticles into the conventional liquid leads to a faster enhancement of heat transfer rate and temperature profile compared to existing conventional hybrid and nanofluids in the literature. It is noticed that when nanomaterials are introduced into the liquid, their temperature rises in both shear thinning and shear thickening scenarios. A higher volume percentage of tri-hybrid nanoparticles, coupled with increased thermal radiation and heat joule, amplify the heat absorbed by PV plate.