Concentration photovoltaic-thermal energy co-generation system using nanofluids for cooling and heating

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 87, Issue , 2014, Pages 504-512

  Xu, Zelin ^a   Kleinstreuer, Clement ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Co generation; Concentration photovoltaic thermal (CPV T) system; Nanofluid thermal conductivity; System efficiencies

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EFFICIENCY; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS; THERMAL ENERGY; THERMOANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

CO-GENERATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; ENHANCED HEAT TRANSFER; NANOFLUIDS; NANOPARTICLE SUSPENSION; SYSTEM EFFICIENCY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY MODEL; THERMAL CONTRIBUTIONS; CONCENTRATION PHOTOVOLTAIC;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84905571673     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2014.07.047     Document Type: Article

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