TY - GEN
T1 - Using nanofluids to enhance the operation of solar energy systems
AU - Otanicar, T.
AU - Phelan, Patrick
AU - Dai, Lenore
AU - Swaminathan, R.
AU - Taylor, R.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Nanofluids have garnered a lot of attention for their potential to modify thermal properties, particularly the thermal conductivity. While these modifications have been heavily investigated within the heat transfer and materials community, nanofluids additionally offer the potential for major modification to the radiative properties of the host fluid. Of particular interest here is how the modification of the radiative properties of fluids through nanoparticle dispersions can lead to enhanced energy conversion in systems dependent on radiative transport. By adjusting the size, shape, material, volume fraction and particle structure drastic modification can be achieved leading to enhanced efficiency within systems such as solar collectors, and night sky radiators. A summary review of the mechanisms that lead to enhanced efficiency are presented as well as new topics such as dynamic radiative property control with core-shell multifunctional nanoparticles.
AB - Nanofluids have garnered a lot of attention for their potential to modify thermal properties, particularly the thermal conductivity. While these modifications have been heavily investigated within the heat transfer and materials community, nanofluids additionally offer the potential for major modification to the radiative properties of the host fluid. Of particular interest here is how the modification of the radiative properties of fluids through nanoparticle dispersions can lead to enhanced energy conversion in systems dependent on radiative transport. By adjusting the size, shape, material, volume fraction and particle structure drastic modification can be achieved leading to enhanced efficiency within systems such as solar collectors, and night sky radiators. A summary review of the mechanisms that lead to enhanced efficiency are presented as well as new topics such as dynamic radiative property control with core-shell multifunctional nanoparticles.
KW - Core-shell
KW - Energy
KW - Nanoparticles
KW - Radiative properties
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:81455125460
SN - 9781439871393
T3 - Technical Proceedings of the 2011 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Expo, NSTI-Nanotech 2011
SP - 445
EP - 448
BT - Technical Proceedings of the 2011 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Expo, NSTI-Nanotech 2011
T2 - Nanotechnology 2011: Electronics, Devices, Fabrication, MEMS, Fluidics and Computational - 2011 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Expo, NSTI-Nanotech 2011
Y2 - 13 June 2011 through 16 June 2011
ER -