Energy and exergy efficiency of a flat plate solar collector using pH treated Al2O3 nanofluid

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 112, Issue , 2016, Pages 3915-3926

  Said, Z ^a,b   Saidur, R ^c   Sabiha, M A ^b   Hepbasli, A ^d   Rahim, N A ^b  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

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

^d YASAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Al2O3; Efficiency improvement; Energy; Exergy; Flat plate solar collector; Nanofluid

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXERGY; FLUIDS; NANOFLUIDICS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT;

EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; ENERGY; ENERGY AND EXERGY EFFICIENCY; EXERGY EFFICIENCIES; FLAT-PLATE SOLAR COLLECTORS; NANOFLUIDS; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; THERMAL EFFICIENCY;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84959568261     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.07.115     Document Type: Article

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