Thermophysical properties of Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes and its effect on exergy efficiency of a flat plate solar collector

Solar Energy

Volumn 115, Issue , 2015, Pages 757-769

  Said, Z ^a,b   Saidur, R ^c   Sabiha, M A ^b   Rahim, N A ^b   Anisur, M R ^d  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Exergy; Nanofluid; Specific heat; SWCNTs; Thermal conductivity; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; DUST COLLECTORS; EXERGY; NANOFLUIDICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; VISCOSITY; YARN;

ENERGY AND EXERGY EFFICIENCY; FLAT-PLATE SOLAR COLLECTORS; NANOFLUIDS; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICLE SIZE MEASUREMENT; SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUE; SWCNTS; THERMO-PHYSICAL PROPERTY;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXERGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84926455910     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2015.02.037     Document Type: Article

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