Efficiency of a flat-plate solar collector with water-based MWCNT nanofluids

Technical Proceedings of the 2013 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Expo, NSTI-Nanotech 2013

Volumn 2, Issue , 2013, Pages 362-365

  Lee, S H ^a   Jang, S P ^a  

^a Hankuk Aviation University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Extinction coefficient; Flat plate solar collector; Multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT); Nanofluids

Indexed keywords

ABSORBING MEDIUM; DIMENSIONLESS TEMPERATURES; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; FIXED WAVELENGTH; FLAT-PLATE SOLAR COLLECTORS; LAMBERT-BEER LAW; NANOFLUIDS; SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY;

EFFICIENCY; EXHIBITIONS; HEAT TRANSFER; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOFLUIDICS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84881097092     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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