Nanofluids for flat plate solar collectors: Fundamentals and applications

• Main Authors: Alawi, Omer A., Mohamed Kamar, Haslinda, Mallah, A. R., Mohammed, Hussein A., Kazi, S. N., Che Sidik, Nor Azwadi, Najafi, Gholamhassan
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2021
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/95215/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.125725
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Among different sources of renewable energy, solar energy is widely used almost exclusively because of its ease of availability and its lowest environmental effects. The most commonly used solar collectors are the flat plate solar collectors (FPSCs). However, they are less powerful (low capacity to...