Thermo-optical properties of copper oxide nanofluids for direct absorption of solar radiation

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 144, Issue , 2016, Pages 136-142

  Karami, M ^a   Akhavan Behabadi, M A ^a   Raisee Dehkordi, M ^a   Delfani, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b Zharfa Pajohesh System (ZPS) Co   (Iran)

Author keywords

Copper oxide nanoparticle; Nanofluids; Optical properties; Solar absorption; Thermal conductivity; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY; COPPER; COPPER OXIDES; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; NANOFLUIDICS; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; VISCOSITY; VOLUME FRACTION; WATER ABSORPTION;

ABSORPTION CO-EFFICIENT; COPPER OXIDE NANOFLUIDS; COPPER OXIDE NANOPARTICLES; INCREASING TEMPERATURES; NANOFLUIDS; NANOPARTICLE VOLUME FRACTIONS; SOLAR ABSORPTION; THERMO-OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS;

EID: 84941687462     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2015.08.018     Document Type: Article

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