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RISMathematical modelling and experimental study of a solar distillation system
The production of potable water from saltwater or brackish water using solar distillation
has been practised for many years in different parts of the world. However, little attention
has been paid to the ...
Multi-objective optimization of thermophysical properties of eco-friendly organic nanofluids
The optimization of MgO-water nanofluids in order to reduce the cost and increase the heat transfer coefficient is investigated in this study. At first, the heat transfer coefficient is obtained at various values of solid ...
Experimental study on the performance of a flat-plate collector using WO3/Water nanofluids
The investigation of nanofluids effects on the performance of solar energy devices has converted to an important topic of research in recent years. The present experimental study deals with the effects of using WO3/water ...
Analysis of first and second laws of thermodynamics between two isothermal cylinders with relative rotation in the presence of MHD flow
n this paper, an analysis of the first and second laws of thermodynamics is presented to show the effects of MHD flow on the distributions of velocity, temperature and entropy generation between two concentric rotating ...
Performance analysis of a minichannel-based solar collector using different nanofluids
In this paper, an analytical analysis has been performed to evaluate the performance of a minichannel-based solar collector using four different nanofluids including Cu/water, Al2O3/water, TiO2/water, and SiO2/water. The ...
Entropy generation during Al2O3/water nanofluid flow in a solar collector: Effects of tube roughness, nanoparticle size, and different thermophysical models
In this paper, an analytical study is performed on the entropy generation and heat transfer due to nanofluid flow in a flat plate solar collector. The working fluid considered in this work is Al2O3/water nanofluid with ...
Heat Transfer, Pressure Drop, and Entropy Generation in a Solar Collector Using SiO2/Water Nanofluids: Effects of Nanoparticle Size and pH
In this paper, an analytical study is carried out on the heat transfer, pressure drop, and entropy generation in a flat-plate solar collector using SiO2/water nanofluid with volume concentration of 1%. In the study, the ...
Natural convection of silica nanofluids in square and triangular enclosures: Theoretical and experimental study
In this paper, the values of average Nusselt number and heat transfer coefficient ratio for natural convection of silica/water nanofluids in square and triangular cavities are estimated using theoretical correlations. The ...
Effects of suction and blowing on flow and heat transfer between two rotating spheres with time-dependent angular velocities
Effects of suction and blowing on flow and heat transfer between two rotating spheres are considered when the spheres are rotating with time-dependent angular velocities.
The effect of suction and blowing in the ...
A Numerical Solution to Modify the Inverse Heat Conduction Problem with Noisy Data during the Heating a Solid Bar
In this paper, the conjugate gradient method with adjoint problem has been used in
order to solve the inverse heat conduction problem and estimation of the time- dependent
heat flux using the temperature ...