Investigations for effect of Al2O3-H2O nanofluid flow rate on the efficiency of direct absorption solar collector

Case Studies in Thermal Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages 70-78

  Gupta, Hemant Kumar ^a   Agrawal, Ghanshyam Das ^a   Mathur, Jyotirmay ^a  

^a MALAVIYA NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Al2O3 water nanofluid; Collector testing; Direct absorption solar collector; Efficiency enhancement; Flow rate

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ASHRAE STANDARDS; FLOW RATE; HEAT TRANSFER; HOT WORKING; NANOFLUIDICS; SOLAR ENERGY; WATER ABSORPTION;

COLLECTOR TESTING; CONVENTIONAL TUBES; DIRECT ABSORPTION; EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT; INSTANTANEOUS EFFICIENCIES; NANOFLUIDS; POOR HEAT TRANSFER; THERMO-PHYSICAL PROPERTY;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84928327052     PISSN: 2214157X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csite.2015.01.002     Document Type: Article

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