The entropy generation analysis and optimization of a water/silver nanofluid flow inside a photovoltaic thermal collector considering plain, ribbed, and porous-ribbed absorber tubes
Tao Hai, Magda Abd El‐Rahman, Shaoyi Li, Emad Hasani Malekshah, Hikmet Ş. Aybar, A.S. El-Shafay
Topics & Concepts
Materials scienceNanofluidExergyLaminar flowThermalPorous mediumPorosityExergy efficiencyTube (container)Forced convectionComposite materialMechanicsThermodynamicsConvectionNanoparticlePhysicsNanotechnologySolar Thermal and Photovoltaic SystemsNanofluid Flow and Heat TransferHeat Transfer Mechanisms