Experimental study on thermal efficiency of flat plate solar collector using tio2/water nanofluid

Modern Applied Science

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 60-69

  Chaji, Hossein ^a,b   Ajabshirchi, Yahya ^a   Esmaeilzadeh, Esmaeil ^a   Heris, Saeid Zeinali ^c   Hedayatizadeh, Mahdi ^d   Kahani, Mostafa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^b Khorasan Razavi Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center   (Iran)

^c FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRJAND   (Iran)

Author keywords

Flat plate solar collector; Nanofluid; Thermal efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885150372     PISSN: 19131844     EISSN: 19131852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5539/mas.v7n10p60     Document Type: Article

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