Numerical analysis of the thermo-hydraulic performance and entropy generation rate of a water-in-glass evacuated tube solar collector using TiO2 water-based nanofluid and only water as working fluids
Oscar A. López-Núñez, J. Arturo Alfaro-Ayala, J.J. Ramírez-Minguela, Fernando Cano-Banda, B. Ruiz-Camacho, J.M. Belman-Flores
Topics & Concepts
NanofluidWorking fluidHeat transferMechanicsMaterials scienceThermodynamicsNanofluids in solar collectorsExergyComputational fluid dynamicsVolumetric flow rateThermalPhotovoltaic thermal hybrid solar collectorPhysicsNanofluid Flow and Heat TransferSolar Thermal and Photovoltaic SystemsHeat Transfer Mechanisms