Experimental study on the effect of pH variation of nanofluids on the thermal efficiency of a solar collector with helical tube

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 60, Issue , 2015, Pages 20-27

  Goudarzi, K ^a   Nejati, F ^a   Shojaeizadeh, E ^b   Asadi Yousef abad, S K ^a  

^a YASOUJ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

CuO nanofluid; Cylindrical solar collector; Isoelectric point; PH variation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTS; PH EFFECTS; SOLAR ENERGY;

CUO NANOFLUID; CYLINDRICAL SOLAR COLLECTORS; ISO-ELECTRIC POINTS; NANOFLUIDS; PH VARIATION;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84906877240     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2014.07.015     Document Type: Article

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