Performance characteristics of a residential-type direct absorption solar collector using MWCNT nanofluid

Renewable Energy

Volumn 87, Issue , 2016, Pages 754-764

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

^a Road Housing and Urban Development Research Center (BHRC)   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Direct absorption solar collector; Experimental study; Nanofluid; Numerical investigation; Residential applications; Solar water heating systems

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; HEATING EQUIPMENT; HOUSING; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOFLUIDICS; NUMERICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR WATER HEATERS; VOLUME FRACTION; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); WATER ABSORPTION; YARN;

DIRECT ABSORPTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NANOFLUIDS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; RESIDENTIAL APPLICATION; SOLAR WATER HEATING SYSTEMS;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUID; NANOPARTICLE; NUMERICAL METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 84946763174     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: 18790682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2015.11.004     Document Type: Article

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