Course Title:
Solar Heating and Nanotechnology

Instructor's Name and Contact Information:
Dr. S. Gh. Etemad
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada

Phone: +1-613-8623981
Fax: +1-613-5625172
e-mail: sgetemad@uottawa.ca
Website: http://etemad.iut.ac.ir/ , http://profs.engineering.uottawa.ca/etemad/welcome/

Course Summary:
This short course covers a brief introduction on energy consumptions and environmental pollution, heat transfer enhancement techniques, a comprehensive overview of solar energy and radiation, description of the solar collectors with emphasizing on flat plate collectors performance. The course also includes a short introduction to nanotechnology, nanofluid as a new heat transfer media and possibilities to increase the efficiency of flat plate collectors using nanotechnology.

Timetable:
 

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	Registration
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	A brief introduction to nanotechnology, energy consumptions, environmental pollution, requirement of heat transfer enhancement, heat transfer enhancement techniques
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM	Coffee break
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM	Introduction to solar radiation, solar heating systems, solar collectors: classifications and performances
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Introduction to nanofluid: thermal conductivity and rheological properties, forced and free heat transfer coefficients, boiling of nanofluids
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM	Coffee break
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM	Possibilities of increasing the efficiency of solar heating systems using nanotechnology: solutions and challenges