Exergy efficiency analysis of a flat plate solar collector using graphene based nanofluid

IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Said, Z ^a   Alim, M A ^b   Janajreh, Isam ^a  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ENTROPY; EXERGY; GRAPHENE; HEAT TRANSFER; NANOFLUIDICS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR HEATING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ENTROPY GENERATION; ENTROPY GENERATION RATE; EXERGY EFFICIENCIES; FLAT-PLATE SOLAR COLLECTORS; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; SOLAR THERMAL APPLICATIONS; SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTOR; THERMAL EFFICIENCY;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84947087259     PISSN: 17578981     EISSN: 1757899X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1088/1757-899X/92/1/012015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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