Thermal performance of nanofluid filled solar flat plate collector

International Journal of Heat and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 17-24

  Nasrin, Rehena ^a   Alim, M A ^a  

^a BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Flat plate solar collector; Solar irradiation; Thermal performance; Water Cu nanofluid

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DRILLING PLATFORMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; IRRADIATION; NANOFLUIDICS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR RADIATION;

COMPUTATION DOMAINS; FLAT-PLATE SOLAR COLLECTORS; GOVERNING DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; NANOFLUIDS; SOLAR IRRADIATION; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; TRIANGULAR ELEMENTS; WEIGHTED RESIDUALS;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84938385337     PISSN: 03928764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18280/ijht.330203     Document Type: Article

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