High temperature and long-term stability of carbon nanotube nanofluids for direct absorption solar thermal collectors

Solar Energy

Volumn 105, Issue , 2014, Pages 82-90

  Hordy, Nathan ^a   Rabilloud, Delphine ^a   Meunier, Jean Luc ^a   Coulombe, Sylvain ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Nanofluid; Solar absorber; Solar thermal

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CARBON NANOTUBES; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY;

ABSORPTION PROPERTY; FUNCTIONALIZED MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; LONG TERM STABILITY; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; NANOFLUIDS; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; SOLAR THERMAL; SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTOR;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84899859295     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.03.013     Document Type: Article

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