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Nanofluid-Based Direct Absorption Solar
Collector
Todd Otanicar
Loyola Marymount University, [e-mail]

P. E. Phelan
R. S. Prasher
G. Rosengarten
R. A. Taylor

Repository Citation
Otanicar, Todd; Phelan, P. E.; Prasher, R. S.; Rosengarten, G.; and Taylor, R. A., "Nanofluid-Based Direct Absorption Solar Collector"
(2010). Mechanical Engineering Faculty Works. Paper 21. http://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/mech_fac/21 Recommended Citation
Otanicar, T.P., Phelan, P.E., Prasher, R.S., Rosengarten, G., and Taylor, R.A., 2010, "Nanofluid-Based Direct Absorption Solar
Collector," Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2(3).

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JOURNAL OF RENEWABLE AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY 2, 033102 ͑2010͒

Nanofluid-based direct absorption solar collector
Todd P. Otanicar,1,a͒ Patrick E. Phelan,2 Ravi S. Prasher,2
Gary Rosengarten,3 and Robert A. Taylor2
1

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Loyola Marymount University,
Los Angeles, California 90045, USA
2
School of Mechanical, Aerospace, Chemical and Materials Engineering,
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA
3
School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of New South Wales,
Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
͑Received 13 October 2009; accepted 23 April 2010; published online 26 May 2010͒

Solar energy is one of the best sources of renewable energy with minimal environmental impact. Direct absorption solar collectors have been proposed for a variety of applications such as water heating; however the efficiency of these collectors