Investigating the collector efficiency of silver nanofluids based direct absorption solar collectors

Applied Energy

Volumn 181, Issue , 2016, Pages 65-74

  Chen, Meijie ^a   He, Yurong ^a   Zhu, Jiaqi ^a   Wen, Dongsheng ^b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collector efficiency; Direct solar absorption collector; Silver nanofluid; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEAT TRANSFER; IRRADIATION; NANOFLUIDICS; SILVER; SOLAR ENERGY; VOLUME FRACTION;

DIRECT ABSORPTION; DIRECT SOLAR; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; NANOFLUIDS; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; PHOTOTHERMAL CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; TRANSIENT HEAT TRANSFER; WIDE TEMPERATURE RANGES;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY;

ABSORPTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT TRANSFER; IRRADIATION; MODEL VALIDATION; NANOPARTICLE; OXIDE; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SILVER; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; TITANIUM;

EID: 84982135038     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.08.054     Document Type: Article

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