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 …

Recent advances on nanofluids for low to medium temperature solar collectors: energy, exergy, economic analysis and environmental impact

Z Said, AA Hachicha, S Aberoumand… - Progress in Energy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

Numerical investigation of solar system equipped with innovative turbulator and hybrid nanofluid

M Sheikholeslami - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2022 - Elsevier
Utilizing fins with horseshoe shape connected to bottom of tube and install of perforated tape
at center of pipe, leading to higher level of productivity in current article. Furthermore, the …

[HTML][HTML] A review of the use of nanofluids as heat-transfer fluids in parabolic-trough collectors

EAC Panduro, F Finotti, G Largiller… - Applied Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to their enhanced thermophysical properties, nanofluids have great potential for
improving heat-transfer efficiency. Nanofluids are employed in various thermal applications …

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 …

Energy, exergy, economic and environmental (4E) analysis of a parabolic trough solar collector using MXene based silicone oil nanofluids

Z Said, M Ghodbane, B Boumeddane, AK Tiwari… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
A bstract The present study is a 4E (Energy, Exergy, Economic, and Environmental) analysis
of a nanofluid-based parabolic trough collector (PTC) which is conducted with a developed …

Modification for helical turbulator to augment heat transfer behavior of nanomaterial via numerical approach

M Sheikholeslami, M Jafaryar, Z Said… - Applied Thermal …, 2021 - Elsevier
Energy demand makes a noteworthy concern in these days. In engineering fields, heat
exchangers were utilized for cooling purpose and to improve the efficiency, tapes with …

Alternative designs of parabolic trough solar collectors

E Bellos, C Tzivanidis - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Parabolic trough collector (PTC) is the most established solar concentrating technology
worldwide. The conventional parabolic trough collectors are used in various applications of …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …