Experimental testing and modeling of a micro solar thermal collector with direct absorption nanofluids

UECTC'09 - Proceedings of 2009 US-EU-China Thermophysics Conference - Renewable Energy

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Otanicar, Todd ^a   Phelan, Patrick E ^a   Rosengarten, Gary ^b   Prasher, Ravi ^a,c  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY; DIRECT ABSORPTION; EARTH'S SURFACE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL TESTING; FLUID VOLUMES; NANOFLUIDS; NANOPARTICLE SUSPENSION; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PARTICLE SHAPE; PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SIZE AND SHAPE; SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTOR; SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY; SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION; WORKING FLUID;

ABSORPTION; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY HARVESTING; NANOFLUIDICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TITRATION; VOLUME FRACTION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 77953909134     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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