An experimental investigation on the effect of Al2O3/distilled water nanofluid on the energy efficiency of evacuated tube solar collector

• Main Authors: Ghaderian, Javad, Che Sidik, Nor Azwadi
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2017
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery; T Technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/66509/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2016.12.101

The present study was designed to experimentally investigate the effect of using Al2O3/distilled water nanofluid as the working fluid, on the thermal efficiency of all-glass passive circulation evacuated tube solar collector with internal spherical coil inside the horizontal tank. The volume fractio...