Thermal enhancement of solar parabolic trough collectors by using nanofluids and converging-diverging absorber tube

Renewable Energy

Volumn 94, Issue , 2016, Pages 213-222

  Bellos, E ^a   Tzivanidis, C ^a   Antonopoulos, K A ^a   Gkinis, G ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dimpled absorber; Nanofluids; PTC; Solidworks; Thermal enhancements

Indexed keywords

COOLING SYSTEMS; FLUIDS; GEOMETRY; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT LOSSES; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; NANOFLUIDICS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY;

CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; DIMPLED ABSORBER; HEAT TRANSFER SURFACES; NANOFLUIDS; PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTORS; SOLIDWORKS; THERMAL EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT; THERMAL ENHANCEMENT;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY;

ABSORPTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAT TRANSFER; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INSTRUMENTATION; NANOPARTICLE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; THERMAL ALTERATION;

EID: 84961757513     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: 18790682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2016.03.062     Document Type: Article

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