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Influence of water based binary composite nanofluids on thermal performance of solar thermal technologies: sustainability assessments

Hai Taoa School of Computer and Information, Qiannan Normal University for Nationalities, Duyun, Guizhou, People's Republic of China;b College of Information and Artificial Intelligence, Nanchang Institute of Science and Technology, Nanchang, People's Republic of China;c Institute for Big Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (IBDAAI), Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
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Omer A. Alawid Department of Thermofluids, School of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, UTM Skudai, Johor Bahru, Malaysia;e New Era and Development in Civil Engineering Research Group, Scientific Research Center, Al-Ayen University, Thi-Qar, Iraq
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Omar A. Husseinf Petroleum system control engineering department, College of Petroleum Processes Engineering, Tikrit University, Iraq
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Waqar Ahmedg Greater Bay Area Institute of Precision Medicine, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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Mahmoud Eltaweelh School of Physics, Engineering and Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, United Kingdom
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Raad Z. Homodi Department of Oil and Gas Engineering Basrah University for Oil and Gas, Iraq
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Ali H. Abdelrazekj Takasago i-Kohza, Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Mayadah W. Falahk Department of Building and Construction Technologies Engineering, AL-Mustaqbal University College, Hillah, Iraq
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Nadhir Al-Ansaril Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Lulea University of Technology, Lulea, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6790-2653
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Zaher Mundher Yaseenm Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia;n Interdisciplinary Research Center for Membranes and Water Security, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Article: 2159881 | Received 24 Aug 2022, Accepted 14 Dec 2022, Published online: 24 Jan 2023

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