Lattice Boltzmann model for flow and heat transfer of nanofluids in a microchannel

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Microchannels and Minichannels, 2005

Volumn PART A, Issue , 2005, Pages 537-543

  Wu, Xuan ^a   Kumar, Ranganathan ^a  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat transfer enhancement; Microchannel; Nanofluid; Thermal lattice Boltzmann method

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; BUOYANCY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DRAG; FUNCTIONS; GRAVITATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; MICROCHANNEL; NANOFLUID; THERMAL LATTICE-BOLTZMANN METHOD;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 27744505967     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/icmm2005-75223     Document Type: Conference Paper

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