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 …

Utilization of hybrid nanofluids in solar energy applications: a review

MH Ahmadi, M Ghazvini, M Sadeghzadeh… - Nano-Structures & Nano …, 2019 - Elsevier
Hybrid nanofluids have several advantages compared with the conventional types due to
their modified properties. Their enhanced thermophysical and rheological properties make …

Investigation of the stability of MgO nanofluid and its effect on the thermal performance of flat plate solar collector

S Choudhary, A Sachdeva, P Kumar - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanofluids are getting the utmost preference for heat transfer applications due to their
excellent thermal properties over the base fluid. In the present study, the stability of …

[HTML][HTML] Thermal capability and entropy optimization for Prandtl-Eyring hybrid nanofluid flow in solar aircraft implementation

MA Qureshi - Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
In addition to photovoltaic cells, solar power plates, photovoltaic lights, and solar pumping
water, solar energy is the primary source of heat from the sun. At the moment, researchers …

A review on solar energy intensified biomass valorization and value-added products production: practicability, challenges, techno economic and lifecycle assessment

S Naveen, S Aravind, B Yamini, R Vasudhareni… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar technology is a viable alternative which can be used in place of conventional energy
sources. Conversion of biomass to valuable high-end products have also been touted as …

[HTML][HTML] Thermal performance enhancement of nanofluids based parabolic trough solar collector (NPTSC) for sustainable environment

M Farooq, M Farhan, G Ahmad, M Usman… - Alexandria Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to rapid industrialization and urbanization, upward rise in carbon emissions in the
atmosphere, and depletion of fossil fuel and gas reserves have forced to find alternative …

[HTML][HTML] A comparative entropy based analysis of Cu and Fe3O4/methanol Powell-Eyring nanofluid in solar thermal collectors subjected to thermal radiation, variable …

W Jamshed, A Aziz - Results in physics, 2018 - Elsevier
The efficiency of any nanofluid based thermal solar system depend on the thermophysical
properties of the operating fluids, type and shape of nanoparticles, nanoparticles volumetric …

[HTML][HTML] Galerkin finite element inspection of thermal distribution of renewable solar energy in presence of binary nanofluid in parabolic trough solar collector

AA Alkathiri, W Jamshed, MR Eid, ML Bouazizi - Alexandria Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Solar collectors absorb solar radiation at the focus of solar concentrating systems in the form
of thermal energy which is then transferred to the nanofluid. The work targets the entropy …

3-D flow of magnetic rotating hybridizing nanoliquid in parabolic trough solar collector: Implementing Cattaneo-Christov heat flux theory and Centripetal and Coriolis …

MR Eid - Mathematics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Current research proposes a model for assessing the flow properties and heat transmission
from hybridized nanofluids to solar collectors (SCs). A theoretical investigation that was …

Mathematical model for thermal and entropy analysis of thermal solar collectors by using Maxwell nanofluids with slip conditions, thermal radiation and variable …

A Aziz, W Jamshed, T Aziz - Open Physics, 2018 - degruyter.com
In the present research a simplified mathematical model for the solar thermal collectors is
considered in the form of non-uniform unsteady stretching surface. The non-Newtonian …