The efficient exploitation of solar irradiation is one of the most encouraging ways of handling
numerous environmental concerns. Solar collectors are suitable devices that capture solar …

This paper reviews and summarizes application of fluids and nanofluids in photovoltaic
thermal systems (PVT). The numerical, analytical and experimental based literatures are …

Despite massive efforts in the field of nanofluids over the last two decades, nanofluids are
primarily still used in a lab scale due to numerous controllable and uncontrollable barriers …

In this paper, a comprehensive three-dimensional model of photovoltaic thermal system
integrated with phase change material (PVT/PCM) is developed and simulated. The effect of …

With the development of solar energy utilization and nanotechnology, nanofluid heat
collection has attracted significant attention. The solar plasmonic nanofluids with significant …

The PV cells and thermal collector are integrated into a system to form the photovoltaic-
thermal (PV/T) collector, and nanofluid is utilized as a coolant to decrease temperature of …

This experimental study aims to energetically and exergetically compare the performance of
a PVT system with sheet-and-plain serpentine tube collector (base PVT system) with two …

Ternary nanofluids are a new type of fluids with three nanoparticles dispersed in a base
fluid, and they have been experimentally shown to have improved thermophysical and …

Helical geometry is widely used in heat transfer systems due to the high heat transfer
surface and the creation of swirling flow. Grooving the spiral channel can lead to the …

Spectral splitting concentrated photovoltaic/thermal systems aim to utilize the full spectrum of
solar radiation by thermally decoupling the photovoltaic cells from the thermal components …