Energy performance of an evacuated tube solar collector using single walled carbon nanotubes nanofluids

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 105, Issue , 2015, Pages 1377-1388

  Sabiha, M A ^a   Saidur, R ^b   Hassani, S ^a   Said, Z ^c   Mekhilef, Saad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

ETSC; Heat pipe; Solar energy; SWCNTs nanofluid; Thermal efficiency

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FLUIDS; HEAT PIPES; NANOFLUIDICS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; YARN;

ENERGY PERFORMANCE; ETSC; EVACUATED TUBE SOLAR COLLECTOR; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; NANOFLUIDS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWCNTS); THERMAL EFFICIENCY; VOLUME CONCENTRATION;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84941952002     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2015.09.009     Document Type: Article

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