Computational analysis of nanofluid cooling of high concentration photovoltaic cells

Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Xu, Z ^a   Kleinstreuer, C ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentration photovoltaic cells; Efficiency improvement; Entropy minimization; Nanofluid cooling

Indexed keywords

COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; ENTROPY; NANOFLUIDICS; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SOLAR ENERGY; VOLUME FRACTION;

COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION PHOTOVOLTAIC; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; ENTROPY MINIMIZATION; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; HIGH-CONCENTRATION PHOTOVOLTAIC; NANOFLUIDS; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84897931042     PISSN: 19485085     EISSN: 19485093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4026355     Document Type: Article

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