Application of aluminum oxide nanofluids in diesel electric generator as jacket water coolant

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 14-15, 2008, Pages 1774-1781

  Kulkarni, Devdatta P ^a   Vajjha, Ravikanth S ^a   Das, Debendra K ^a   Oliva, Daniel ^a  

^a University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

Author keywords

Cogeneration; Diesel electric generator; Efficiency; Nanofluids; Specific heat

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM METALLOGRAPHY; CALORIMETRY; CONSERVATION; COOLANTS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC MACHINERY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; LIGHT METALS; NANOFLUIDICS; POWER GENERATION; RECOVERY; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; WASTE HEAT; WATER COOLING SYSTEMS;

ALUMI NUM OXIDE; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NANO FLUIDS; NANOFLUIDS (NFS); PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; SPECIFIC-HEAT MEASUREMENTS; WASTE HEAT RECOVERY;

WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION;

EID: 46749111001     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2007.11.017     Document Type: Article

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