A new model for thermal conductivity in nanofluids

Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, ICONN

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 673-676

  Tillman, Pei ^a   Hill, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Heat conduction; Mathematical model; Nanofluids; Nanolayer; Nanoparticles; Temperature field; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT TRANSFER; NANOFLUIDICS; NANOSCIENCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOELECTRICITY;

EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; HEAT CONDUCTION EQUATION (HCE); HEAT TRANSFER FLUID (HTF); INTERFACIAL LAYER (IFO); INTERFACIAL STRUCTURES; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; LAYER THICKNESSES; NANO LAYERS; NANOFLUIDS (NFS); NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY (NST); NEW MODEL;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS;

EID: 48749125164     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICONN.2006.340707     Document Type: Conference Paper

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