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 …

[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 …

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 …

Thin film technology for solar steam generation: A new dawn

AH Elsheikh, SW Sharshir, MKA Ali, J Shaibo… - Solar Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The sun is considered as the most promising abundant renewable energy source that can
be exploited to solve many of human beings' challenges such as energy and water scarcity …

Recent advances on the thermal properties and applications of nanofluids: From nanomedicine to renewable energies

RR Souza, IM Gonçalves, RO Rodrigues… - Applied Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
The nanofluids (NFs) are known as a colloidal suspension where nanoparticles (NPs) are
dispersed in conventional base fluids (BFs). This suspension has been frequently used to …

A review on optical properties and application of nanofluids in direct absorption solar collectors (DASCs)

TB Gorji, AA Ranjbar - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
As an abundant, cheap and pollution-free renewable energy resource, solar energy offers a
great alternative to conventional fossil resources and is expected to play an increasingly …

The stability, optical properties and solar-thermal conversion performance of SiC-MWCNTs hybrid nanofluids for the direct absorption solar collector (DASC) …

X Li, G Zeng, X Lei - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2020 - Elsevier
Hybrid nanofluids have an advanced application prospect in the community of heat transfer
fluids and particularly for the direct absorption solar collectors (DASCs). Therefore, stable …

Solar energy systems–potential of nanofluids

A Wahab, A Hassan, MA Qasim, HM Ali, H Babar… - Journal of Molecular …, 2019 - Elsevier
Global warming escalation has extended average temperature of earth beyond its safe limit.
To avert this environmental-threat, solar energy has acquired substantial attention of …

An updated review on working fluids, operation mechanisms, and applications of pulsating heat pipes

Y Xu, Y Xue, H Qi, W Cai - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Global demands for sustainable energy are rising rapidly due to the ever-increasing energy
crisis. Efficient energy management is one of the feasible methods to solve the existing …

On the assessment of specific heat capacity of nanofluids for solar energy applications: Application of Gaussian process regression (GPR) approach

M Jamei, I Ahmadianfar, IA Olumegbon… - Journal of Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
To characterize the performance of nanofluids for heat transfer applications in solar systems,
an accurate estimation of their specific heat capacity (SHC) is of paramount importance. To …