A combined numerical and experimental study on graphene/ionic liquid nanofluid based direct absorption solar collector

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 136, Issue , 2015, Pages 177-186

  Liu, Jian ^a   Ye, Zhuocheng ^a   Zhang, Long ^a   Fang, Xiaoming ^a   Zhang, Zhengguo ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Direct absorption solar collector; Grapheme; Ionic liquid; Receiver efficiency; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION; IONIC LIQUIDS; NANOFLUIDICS; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR HEATING;

DIRECT ABSORPTION; EFFICIENCY INCREASE; GRAPHEME; HIGH THERMAL STABILITY; LOW VAPOR PRESSURES; NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SOLAR CONCENTRATION; TRANSIENT HEAT TRANSFER;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84922244006     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2015.01.013     Document Type: Article

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