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Heat Transfer and Collector Thermal Efficiency of Magnesium Oxide/Water Nanofluids in Solar Flat Plate Collector Under Thermosyphon Conditions
The thermal efficiency, heat transfer, and friction factor of a solar collector circulated with water diluted MgO nanofluid under natural circulation have been estimated. The tests were run with particle loadi...
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Enhancing Heat Transfer Performance with Nano Encapsulated Phase Change Materials: Synthesis and Characterization
Because of its high energy storage density and ability to maintain a constant temperature, phase change materials, also known as PCMs, are becoming an increasingly popular potential material for a wide variety...
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Thermal entropy generation and exergy efficiency analyses of coiled wire inserted nanodiamond + Fe3O4/water hybrid nanofluid in a tube
Exergy efficiency, Nusselt number, friction factor, pressure drop, thermal and frictional entropy generation of water-based nanodiamond + Fe3O4 nanofluid flow in a tube and with various coiled wire inserts have b...
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The Combined Effect of Al2O3 Nanofluid and Coiled Wire Inserts in a Flat-Plate Solar Collector on Heat Transfer, Thermal Efficiency and Environmental CO2 Characteristics
The present study experimentally investigated the thermal efficiency, collector area, weight, embodied energy, environmental CO2 emissions of Al2O3/water nanofluid flow in a flat-plate solar collector and with co...
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Experimental investigation of thermal performance characteristics of sintered copper wicked and grooved heat pipes: A comparative study
Heat pipes are most frequently used for thermal management solutions. Selection of right type of heat pipe for a specific scenario is utmost necessary for best outcomes. The purpose of this research is compari...
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Thermosyphon Flat Plate Collector with Nanodiamond-Water Nanofluids: Properties, Friction Factor, Heat Transfer, Thermal Efficiency, and Cost Analysis
Thermal efficiency, friction factor, heat transfer, and cost analysis of a flat plate collector operates with water-based nanodiamond nanofluids under thermosyphon (natural circulation) conditions are investig...
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Efficiency analysis of thermosyphon solar flat plate collector with low mass concentrations of ND–Co3O4 hybrid nanofluids: an experimental study
In the present study, the thermal efficiency, convective heat transfer and friction factor analysis are investigated for a flat plate solar collector with thermosyphon (natural circulation) system using water ...
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Augmentation of Heat Transfer of High Prandtl Number Fe3O4/vacuum pump oil nanofluids flow in a tube with twisted tape inserts in laminar flow
The heat transfer coefficient and friction factor of Fe3O4/vacuum pump oil nanofluids flowing in a tube with twisted tape inserts were analyzed experimentally. The experiments were conducted for different mass fl...
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Open AccessEnhanced Thermal Conductivity and Viscosity of Nanodiamond-Nickel Nanocomposite Nanofluids
We report a new type of magnetic nanofluids, which is based on a hybrid composite of nanodiamond and nickel (ND-Ni) nanoparticles. We prepared the nanoparticles by an in-situ method involving the dispersion of ca...
