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Inspec keywords: entropy; heat losses; heat transfer; copper; solar absorber-convertors; solar heating; nanofluidics; finite element analysis; partial differential equations; Galerkin method; nanoparticles
Subjects: Solar energy; Other direct energy conversion; Photothermal conversion; Function theory, analysis; Numerical approximation and analysis; Convection and heat transfer; Mathematical analysis; Thermodynamic functions and equations of state; Finite element analysis