Thermal performance of two phase thermosyphon flat-plate solar collectors using nanofluid

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Chougule, Sandesh S ^a   Sahu, S K ^a   Pise, Ashok T ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INDORE   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

Author keywords

flat plate collector; heat transfer; nanofluid; wickless heat pipe

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLAT-PLATE COLLECTOR; FLAT-PLATE SOLAR COLLECTORS; HEAT-PIPE SOLAR COLLECTORS; NANOFLUIDS; SOLAR HEAT PIPE COLLECTORS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; TWO-PHASE THERMOSYPHON;

HEAT PIPES; HEAT TRANSFER; SOLAR COLLECTORS;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84888102692     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4025591     Document Type: Article

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