With the development of nanotechnology, building a new technology area in a variety of fields and achieving the best performance has become possible. Several studies on the performance of a solar heating system have been conducted using various nanofluids because the efficiency of heat transfer of nanofluids is high. Various previous studies, including theoretical, numerical, and experimental methods, were conducted using nanofluids for flat-plate, evacuated tube, direct solar absorption, parabolic trough, and heat pipe solar collectors. The present work provides an overview of the recent research on the performance of evacuated tube solar collectors using various nanofluids. The experimental and numerical results reported by several researchers, such as the thermal conductivity, heat capacity, and heat transfer coefficient of nanofluids, are first reported. The studies on the evacuated tube solar collectors with nanofluids were then investigated and summarized.
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