Application of nanofluid in solar energy harvesting devices: A comprehensive review

AK Hamzat, MI Omisanya, AZ Sahin… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The increase in energy demand due to population explosion and the recent global
pandemic stressed the need to maximize solar energy harvesting. Nanofluids are used to …

Performance evaluation of nanofluids in solar thermal and solar photovoltaic systems: A comprehensive review

SP Tembhare, DP Barai, BA Bhanvase - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanofluids, due to their superior thermal properties, have immense applications in heat
transfer process. In view of this, nanofluids, as working fluids in solar thermal systems, have …

Influence of particle size on the effective thermal conductivity of nanofluids: A critical review

T Ambreen, MH Kim - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanofluid is an innovative class of nanotechnology-based thermal fluids and has been
proven to improve the energy conversion process efficiency significantly. Thermal …

A review on preparation methods, stability and applications of hybrid nanofluids

NAC Sidik, MM Jamil, WMAA Japar… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Hybrid nanofluid is a new class of nanofluids engineered by dispersing two different
nanoparticles into conventional heat transfer fluid. Hybrid nanofluids are potential fluids that …

State-of-the-art heat transfer fluids for parabolic trough collector

Y Krishna, M Faizal, R Saidur, KC Ng… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Solar thermal energy conversion is gaining more attention among researchers due to the
recent development in nanofluids and molten salt technology. Among various solar …

Modeling, simulation and performance analysis of parabolic trough solar collectors: A comprehensive review

İH Yılmaz, A Mwesigye - Applied energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Solar thermal systems are advantageous since it is easier to store heat than electricity on a
large scale. As such, concentrated solar power is receiving considerable interest among …

Thermal enhancement of solar parabolic trough collectors by using nanofluids and converging-diverging absorber tube

E Bellos, C Tzivanidis, KA Antonopoulos, G Gkinis - Renewable Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Parabolic trough collectors are the most mature technology for utilizing the solar energy in
high temperature applications. The objective of this study is the thermal efficiency …

Application of nanofluids in thermal performance enhancement of parabolic trough solar collector: state-of-the-art

H Olia, M Torabi, M Bahiraei, MH Ahmadi, M Goodarzi… - Applied Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
The present review paper aims to document the latest developments on the applications of
nanofluids as working fluid in parabolic trough collectors (PTCs). The influence of many …

Enhancing the performance of parabolic trough collectors using nanofluids and turbulators

E Bellos, C Tzivanidis, D Tsimpoukis - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Parabolic trough collector is one of the most usual solar collectors for applications up to 400°
C. The thermal enhancement of this collector concentrates a lot of interest and various …

Recent trends on nanofluid heat transfer machine learning research applied to renewable energy

T Ma, Z Guo, M Lin, Q Wang - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanofluids have received increasing attention in research and development in the area of
renewable and sustainable energy systems. The addition of a small amount of high thermal …