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Increasing heat transfer in flat plate solar collectors using various forms of turbulence-inducing elements and CNTs-CuO hybrid nanofluids

H. Nabi, +3 more
- 01 Mar 2022 - 
- Vol. 33, pp 101909-101909
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In this article , the authors used hybrid nanofluids and various turbulence-inducing elements to increase the convective heat transfer coefficient (HTC) of the flat plate solar collector.
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This article is published in Case Studies in Thermal Engineering.The article was published on 2022-03-01 and is currently open access. It has received 21 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Nanofluid & Turbulence.

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Heat transfer inspection in [(ZnO-MWCNTs)/water-EG(50:50)]hnf with thermal radiation ray and convective condition over a Riga surface

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors examined the improved thermal efficiency of hybrid nanoparticles in the base solvent and showed that induction of novel thermal radiations (Rd) is a prime source to improve heat capability of hybrid nanofluids.
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Applying numerical and computational methods to investigate the changes in the fluid parameters of the fluid passing over fins of different shapes with the finite element method

TL;DR: In this article , the authors examined the velocity and temperature variation in the x-direction as well as the water fluid concentration through triangular, rectangular, and chamfer baffles in the presence of a uniform magnetic field.
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A Review of the Enhancement of Solar Thermal Collectors using Nanofluids and Turbulators

TL;DR: In this article , the effect of employing nanofluids and turbulence generators in solar collectors to increase thermal performance and extract more useable solar energy is discussed. And the proposed geometries for turbulators, their improvement in overall performance, and employed nanof-luids are presented and reviewed.
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Employing the (SWCNTs-MWCNTs)/H2O nanofluid and topology structures on the microchannel heatsink for energy storage: A thermal case study

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors investigated the increase of heat transfer rate of the microchannel (heatsink) with high heat flux using topology structures and CNTs nanofluids.
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Numerical investigation of the effect of the turbulator geometry (disturber) on heat transfer in a channel with a square section

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors used the limited volume method to solve governing equations in three-dimensional space and Cartesian coordinates using Ansys Fluent software and compared turbulators SLT and then TRT to other turbulators (TRT, SHT, RET).
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Heat transfer enhancement in a flat plate solar collector with different flow path shapes using nanofluid

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