Climate, Energy, and Urbanization: A Guide on Strategies, Materials and Technologies for Sustainable Development in the Desert is a comprehensive resource tool for those interested in learning about and implementing new concepts into the way we plan, design and build our cities. Focused on two of the most pertinent issues for our desert metropolis - [...]
Nanofuels exhibit great potential for increasing the combustion efficiency of liquid-fueled engines, because of their enhanced thermal and mass transport properties, their higher volumetric heating value relative to pure liquid fuels, and the extremely high surface-area-to-volume ratio of the energetic nanoparticles. Nanofuels, or nanoparticle-filled liquid fuels, are one type of nanofluid, i.e., a nanoscale colloidal [...]
Solar-powered cooling is an attractive concept in that one utilizes solar energy, which is the largest component of a building’s cooling load, to drive a heat-activated air-conditioning system, thus reducing or eliminating the need for conventional, electric-powered air conditioning. Most solar-powered air-conditioning systems to date have been based on well-known absorption refrigeration, which requires difficult-to-handle [...]
Objective
To experimentally and numerically assess the performance of nanofluids, liquid-nanoparticle suspensions, in direct-absorption solar thermal collectors.
Methodology
Experimental assessment of the nanofluids for direct-absorption solar thermal collectors has been conducted using a micro-collector.
