Carbon Nanomaterial-Based Nanofluids for Direct Thermal Solar Absorption
Nguyen Trong Tam,
Nguyen Viet Phuong,
Phan Hong Khoi,
Phan Ngoc Minh,
Masoud Afrand,
Pham Van Trinh,
Bui Hung Thang,
Gaweł Żyła,
Patrice Estellé
Affiliations
Nguyen Trong Tam
Institute of Materials Sciences, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Street, Cau Giay District, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam
Nguyen Viet Phuong
Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Graduate University of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Street, Cau Giay District, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam
Phan Hong Khoi
Center for High Technology Development, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Street, Cau Giay District, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam
Phan Ngoc Minh
Institute of Materials Sciences, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Street, Cau Giay District, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam
Masoud Afrand
Institute of Research and Development, Duy Tan University, Da Nang 550000, Vietnam
Pham Van Trinh
Institute of Materials Sciences, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Street, Cau Giay District, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam
Bui Hung Thang
Institute of Materials Sciences, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Street, Cau Giay District, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam
Gaweł Żyła
Department of Experimental Physics, Rzeszów University of Technology, 35-905 Rzeszow, Poland
Patrice Estellé
Laboratoire de Génie Civil et Génie Mécanique, LGCGM, Université Rennes, 35000 Rennes, France
Recently, many scientists have been making remarkable efforts to enhance the efficiency of direct solar thermal absorption collectors that depends on working fluids. There are a number of heat transfer fluids being investigated and developed. Among these fluids, carbon nanomaterial-based nanofluids have become the candidates with the most potential by the heat absorbing and transfer properties of the carbon nanomaterials. This paper provides an overview of the current achievements in preparing and exploiting carbon nanomaterial-based nanofluids to direct thermal solar absorption. In addition, a brief discussion of challenges and recommendations for future work is presented.
