An experimental study on the effect of Cu-synthesized/EG nanofluid on the efficiency of flat-plate solar collectors

Renewable Energy

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 658-664

  Zamzamian, Amirhossein ^a   KeyanpourRad, Mansoor ^a   KianiNeyestani, Maryam ^a   Jamal Abad, Milad Tajik ^a  

^a MATERIALS AND ENERGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cu EG nanofluid; Flat plate solar thermal collector; Thermal conductivity; Thermal efficiency

Indexed keywords

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

CU NANO-PARTICLES; ENERGY PARAMETERS; FLAT-PLATE SOLAR COLLECTORS; NANOFLUIDS; SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTOR; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; VOLUME FLOW RATE; WEIGHT FRACTIONS;

NANOFLUIDICS;

COPPER; DIAMETER; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW PATTERN; PARAMETERIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 84903896156     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.06.003     Document Type: Article

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