• openAccess   Characterization of halloysite-water nanofluid for heat transfer applications 

      Alberola-Borràs, Jaume-Adrià; Mondragon, Rosa; Juliá Bolívar, José Enrique; Hernandez, Leonor; Cabedo, Luis Elsevier (2014-07-04)
      Nanofluids based on water with halloysite (Hal) nanotubes were prepared and characterized in order to evaluate its suitability to be used as a heat transfer fluid. A characterization of the Hal powder nanoparticles was ...
    • openAccess   Increment of specific heat capacity of solar salt with SiO2 nanoparticles 

      Andreu Cabedo, Patricia; Mondragon, Rosa; Hernandez, Leonor; Martinez Cuenca, Raul; Cabedo, Luis Springer (2014)
      Thermal energy storage (TES) is extremely important in concentrated solar power (CSP) plants since it represents the main difference and advantage of CSP plants with respect to other renewable energy sources such as wind, ...
    • openAccess   Prediction of Contact Angle of Nanofluids by Single-Phase Approaches 

      Çobanoglu, Nur; Karadeniz, Ziya Haktan; estellé, patrice; Martinez Cuenca, Raul; Buschmann, Matthias MDPI (2019)
      Wettability is the ability of the liquid to contact with the solid surface at the surrounding fluid and its degree is defined by contact angle (CA), which is calculated with balance between adhesive and cohesive forces ...