Optimal thermal and thermodynamic performance of a solar parabolic trough receiver with different nanofluids and at different concentration ratios

Applied Energy

Volumn 193, Issue , 2017, Pages 393-413

  Mwesigye, Aggrey ^a   Meyer, Josua P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Concentration ratio; Nanofluid; Optimum thermodynamic performance; Parabolic trough receiver

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COPPER; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; NANOFLUIDICS; RAY TRACING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SILVER; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

CONCENTRATION RATIO; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; MONTE-CARLO RAY TRACING; NANOFLUIDS; PARABOLIC TROUGH RECEIVERS; SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS; THERMAL TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE;

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EQUIPMENT; HEAT TRANSFER; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RAY TRACING; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 85014123499     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.02.064     Document Type: Article

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