Experimental test of an innovative high concentration nanofluid solar collector

Applied Energy

Volumn 154, Issue , 2015, Pages 874-881

  Colangelo, Gianpiero ^a   Favale, Ernani ^a   Miglietta, Paola ^a   de Risi, Arturo ^a   Milanese, Marco ^a   Laforgia, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Al2O3; Convective heat transfer coefficient; Flat panel solar thermal collector; Nanofluid; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NANOPARTICLES; SEDIMENTATION; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEATING;

CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NANOFLUIDS; NANOPARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTOR; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; WATER BASED;

NANOFLUIDICS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT TRANSFER; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INNOVATION; NANOPARTICLE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; THERMAL CONVECTION; THERMAL POWER;

EID: 84930939822     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.05.031     Document Type: Article

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