Nanofluids for solar collector applications: A review

P. K. Nagarajan; J. Subramani; S. Suyambazhahan; Ravishankar Sathyamurthy

doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2014.12.017

Nanofluids for solar collector applications: A review

P. K. Nagarajan^*
, J. Subramani
, S. Suyambazhahan
, Ravishankar Sathyamurthy

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Nanofluids are embryonic fluids that exhibit thermal properties superior than that of the conventional fluid. The application of nanofluids is to achieve the highest possible thermal properties at the smallest possible concentrations, by homogeneous dispersion and stable suspension of nanoparticles in the host fluids. Nanofluids plays vital role in various thermal applications such as automotive industries, heat exchangers, solar power generation etc. Mostly heat transfer augmentation in solar collectors is one of the key issues in energy saving, compact designs and different operational temperatures. In this paper, a comprehensive literature on thermophysical properties of nanofluids and the application of solar collector with nanofluids have been compiled and reviewed. Recent literatures indicate the conventional heat transfer using nanofluids and their specific applications in the solar collector.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2416-2434
Number of pages	19
Journal	Energy Procedia
Volume	61
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2014.12.017
State	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Convective heat transfer
Heat transfer
Nanofluid and Nano particle
Solar collector
Thermal conductivity

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