Effect of solid volume fraction and tilt angle in a quarter circular solar thermal collectors filled with CNT-water nanofluid

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 57, Issue , 2014, Pages 79-90

  Rahman, M M ^a,b   Mojumder, S ^b   Saha, S ^b   Mekhilef, S ^c   Saidur, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^b BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

CNT water nanofluid; Nanofluid; Solar collector; Solid volume fraction; Tilt angle

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEATING; VOLUME FRACTION;

HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; NANOFLUIDS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTOR; SOLAR THERMAL TECHNOLOGY; SOLID VOLUME FRACTION; TILT ANGLE; WEIGHTED RESIDUALS;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84904901970     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2014.07.005     Document Type: Article

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