Heat transfer enhancement in a hybrid microchannel-photovoltaic cell using Boehmite nanofluid

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 45-52

  Karami, Nooshin ^a   Rahimi, Masoud ^a  

^a RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Boehmite nanoparticles; Cooling; Microchannel; Nanofluid; Photovoltaic cell

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COOLING; CORUNDUM; FLOW RATE; MICROCHANNELS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BOEHMITE NANOPARTICLES; COOLING PERFORMANCE; ELECTRICAL EFFICIENCY; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; NANOFLUIDS; RECTANGULAR MICROCHANNELS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84900513340     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2014.04.009     Document Type: Article

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