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 …

A comprehensive review on combustion and stability aspects of metal nanoparticles and its additive effect on diesel and biodiesel fuelled CI engine

V Saxena, N Kumar, VK Saxena - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Nanofluids are described as a relatively new kind of colloidal solutions with a particle size
smaller than one billionth of a meter (1–100 nm) suspended in the base fluid so as to …

Numerical investigation of MHD impact on Maxwell nanofluid

W Jamshed - International Communications in Heat and Mass …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study addresses the entropy generation in a magnetohydrodynamic flow of a Maxwell
nanofluid over an infinite horizontal surface. The flow is then induced by the non-linear …

Applications of nanotechnology in renewable energies—A comprehensive overview and understanding

AK Hussein - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
One of the great technological challenges in 21st century is the development of renewable
energy technologies due to serious problems related with the production and use of energy …

Preparation and evaluation of stable nanofluids for heat transfer application: a review

SK Sharma, SM Gupta - Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 2016 - Elsevier
High heat load is becoming a barrier in industrial development. This high heat load can be
overcome by increasing the rate of heat transfer. Heat transfer rate can be increased by …

Applications of nanotechnology to improve the performance of solar collectors–Recent advances and overview

AK Hussein - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper gives a comprehensive overview about the recent advances related with the
application of the nanotechnology in various kinds of the solar collectors. Papers reviewed …

A comprehensive review of thermo-physical properties and convective heat transfer to nanofluids

KH Solangi, SN Kazi, MR Luhur, A Badarudin, A Amiri… - Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
Nanofluids are fluid nanoparticle suspensions that exhibit enhanced properties at modest
nanoparticle concentrations. Nanofluids have unique heat transfer properties and are …

Effect of dispersion of various nanoadditives on the performance and emission characteristics of a CI engine fuelled with diesel, biodiesel and blends—a review

T Shaafi, K Sairam, A Gopinath, G Kumaresan… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2015 - Elsevier
The preference given to biodiesel in a diesel engine has gained importance over the past
two decades, due to its various environmental and economic benefits. There exists a lot of …

A numerical frame work of magnetically driven Powell-Eyring nanofluid using single phase model

W Jamshed, MR Eid, KS Nisar, NAAM Nasir… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
The current investigation aims to examine heat transfer as well as entropy generation
analysis of Powell-Eyring nanofluid moving over a linearly expandable non-uniform …

A review of nano fluid role to improve the performance of the heat pipe solar collectors

AK Hussein, D Li, L Kolsi, S Kata, B Sahoo - Energy Procedia, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper gives a comprehensive review about the recent advances related with the
application of the nano fluid in the heat pipe solar collectors. Papers reviewed including …