Recent advances on the fundamental physical phenomena behind stability, dynamic motion, thermophysical properties, heat transport, applications, and challenges of …

Z Said, LS Sundar, AK Tiwari, HM Ali… - Physics Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
In the past decade, nanotechnology's rapid developments have created quite a lot of
prospects for researchers and engineers to check up on. And nanofluids are important …

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 …

Hydrothermal analysis for a parabolic solar unit with wavy absorber pipe and nanofluid

M Sheikholeslami, Z Said, M Jafaryar - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Parabolic system is regarded as a highly advanced solar technology. In this regard, the
numerical simulation for thermal analysis of PTC with a wavy absorber pipe employing finite …

Solar power technology for electricity generation: A critical review

MH Ahmadi, M Ghazvini… - Energy Science & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Negative environmental impact of fossil fuel consumption highlight the role of renewable
energy sources and give them a unique opportunity to grow and improve. Among renewable …

Progress in concentrated solar power technology with parabolic trough collector system: A comprehensive review

W Fuqiang, C Ziming, T Jianyu, Y Yuan, S Yong… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Advanced solar energy utilization technology requires high-grade energy to achieve the
most efficient application with compact size and least capital investment recovery period …

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 …

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 …

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 …