Performance of carbon nanotubes-water nanofluid charged wickless heat pipe flat plate solar collectors having different filling ratio

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Chougule, Sandesh S ^a   Sahu, S K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INDORE   (India)

Author keywords

Filling ratio; Flat plate collector; Heat transfer; Nanofluid; Wickless heat pipe

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; FILLING; HEAT PIPES; HEAT TRANSFER; SOLAR COLLECTORS; YARN;

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FILLING RATIO; FLAT-PLATE COLLECTOR; FLAT-PLATE SOLAR COLLECTORS; HEAT-PIPE SOLAR COLLECTORS; NANOFLUIDS; SOLAR HEAT PIPE COLLECTORS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84993969486     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4028701     Document Type: Article

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