Numerical study of solar photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) hybrid collector using nanofluids

ASME 2013 4th International Conference on Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer, MNHMT 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Mittal, Tarun ^a   Saroha, Siddharth ^a   Bhalla, Vishal ^a   Khullar, Vikrant ^a   Tyagi, Himanshu ^a   Taylor, Robert A ^b   Otanicar, Todd P ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROPAR   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c The University of Tulsa   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; EFFICIENCY; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; NANOFLUIDICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY;

OPERATING TEMPERATURE; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC/THERMAL; SELECTIVE ABSORPTION; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; SOLAR SPECTRUM; SOLAR THERMAL; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84901802173     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/MNHMT2013-22090     Document Type: Conference Paper

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