Heat transfer analysis and the effect of CuO/Water nanofluid on direct absorption concentrating solar collector

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 104, Issue , 2016, Pages 176-183

  Menbari, Amir ^a   Alemrajabi, Ali Akbar ^a   Rezaei, Amin ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Direct absorption parabolic trough collector (DAPTC); Nanofluid; Solar irradiance; Thermal efficiency

Indexed keywords

COPPER OXIDES; FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; NANOFLUIDICS; NANOPARTICLES; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR RADIATION;

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HEAT TRANSFER ANALYSIS; NANOFLUIDS; NANOPARTICLE VOLUME FRACTIONS; PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTORS; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; THERMO-PHYSICAL PROPERTY;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84970023203     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.05.064     Document Type: Article

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