Performance of nanofluid-charged solar water heater by solar tracking system

IEEE-International Conference on Advances in Engineering, Science and Management, ICAESM-2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 247-253

  Chougule, Sandesh S ^a   Pise, Ashok T ^a   Madane, Pravin A ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

Author keywords

CNTs; Nanofluid; solar tracker; Solar water heater; Wickless Heat Pipe

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS MEDIA; CNTS; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; FLAT-PLATE COLLECTOR; FUNCTIONALIZATION PROCESS; NANOFLUIDS; OUTER DIAMETERS; PURE WATER; SET-UPS; SOLAR FLAT PLATE; SOLAR TRACKER; SOLAR TRACKING SYSTEMS; TILT ANGLE; WORKING FLUID;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY; FLUIDS; HEAT PIPES; NANOPARTICLES; SOLAR WATER HEATERS; TRACKING (POSITION);

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84863885884     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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