Harvesting solar thermal energy through nanofluid-based volumetric absorption systems

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 77, Issue , 2014, Pages 377-384

  Khullar, Vikrant ^a   Tyagi, Himanshu ^a   Hordy, Nathan ^b   Otanicar, Todd P ^c   Hewakuruppu, Yasitha ^d   Modi, Poojan ^d   Taylor, Robert A ^d  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROPAR   (India)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c The University of Tulsa   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nanofluid; Solar selective; Solar thermal; Surface absorption; Volumetric absorption

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS CARBON; COATED MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; NANOPARTICLES; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR ENERGY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); VOLUME FRACTION; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

NANO-FABRICATION METHODS; NANO-PARTICLE DISPERSIONS; NANOFLUIDS; SELECTIVE SOLAR ABSORBER; SOLAR SELECTIVE; SOLAR THERMAL; SPATIAL TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE ABSORPTION;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84902347582     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2014.05.023     Document Type: Article

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