An experimental investigation of a low temperature Al2O3-H2O nanofluid based direct absorption solar collector

Solar Energy

Volumn 118, Issue , 2015, Pages 390-396

  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

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ASHRAE STANDARDS; FLUIDS; HOT WORKING; NANOFLUIDICS; SOLAR ENERGY; TEMPERATURE; VOLUME FRACTION; WATER ABSORPTION;

COLLECTOR TESTING; DIRECT ABSORPTION; EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLAT-PLATE SOLAR COLLECTORS; INSTANTANEOUS EFFICIENCIES; NANOFLUIDS; THERMO-PHYSICAL PROPERTY;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY;

ABSORPTION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FILM; FLUID FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; LOW TEMPERATURE; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SOLAR POWER; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 84934930209     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2015.04.041     Document Type: Article

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