Research Article

Improvement of Heat Pipe Solar Collector Thermal Efficiency Using Al2O3/Water and TiO2/Water Nanofluids

Table 1

Properties of nanoparticles used in the study [35].

AluminaTitanium dioxide

Purity99.5+99.55+
Particle size (average)18 nm38 nm
Surface area140 m2/g35 m2/g
Density3900 kg/m34100 kg/m3