• Karthikeyan T
• Sakunthala G

Solar thermal energy is one of the most popular renewable sources of sustainable energy with less environmental impact, no requirement of transportation and open availability for every human being all over the world. The present review is an extensive perspective of the research progress arisen in the performance of flat-plate solar collector using nanofluid which will absorb more heat energy from solar radiation. Application of nanofluid to increase the thermal efficiency of a traditional solar collector is getting tremendous attention among the scientific community. The aim of this work is to enhance the heat absorption rate by using the nanofluid. In this, work thermal analysis of a flat plate solar collector is done by using Cu2O-water as a working fluid for various mass flow rates and its effect on the efficiencies of a flat plate solar collector was examined experimentally.

Flat-plate solar collector, Cu2O nanofluid, Heat transfer enhancement.

"Performance Analysis on Flat Plate Solar Collector using Cu2O-Water Nanofluid", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 10, page no.443-448, October-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1810764.pdf

"Performance Analysis on Flat Plate Solar Collector using Cu2O-Water Nanofluid", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 10, page no. pp443-448, October-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1810764.pdf