Innovation in flat solar thermal collectors: A review of the last ten years experimental results

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 57, Issue , 2016, Pages 1141-1159

  Colangelo, Gianpiero ^a   Favale, Ernani ^a   Miglietta, Paola ^a   De Risi, Arturo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Flat solar thermal collector; Geometry; Hybrid collector; Materials; Nanofluids

Indexed keywords

NANOFLUIDICS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY;

FLAT SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTOR; HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS; HYBRID COLLECTOR; MATERIAL GEOMETRY; NANOFLUIDS; SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTOR;

HYBRID MATERIALS;

EID: 84953791962     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.12.142     Document Type: Review

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