Research Article
Combined Experimental and CFD Investigation of the Parabolic Shaped Solar Collector Utilizing Nanofluid (CuO-H2O and SiO2-H2O) as a Working Fluid
Table 3
Various thermophysical properties of different materials associated with HCE.
| Thermophysical properties | Water | SiO2-water based nanofluid (0.01% vol. conc.) | CuO-water based nanofluid (0.01% vol. conc.) | Glass |
| Density (kg/m3) | 1000 | 1014 | 1054 | 2200 | Specific heat (J/kg⋅K) | 4187 | 4106 | 3.965 | 910 | Thermal conductivity (W/m⋅K) | 0.667 | 0.6723 | 0.6870 | 1.75 | Viscosity (m2/s) | | | | — |
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