Experimental investigation of titanium nanofluids on the heat pipe thermal efficiency

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1316-1319

  Naphon, Paisarn ^a   Assadamongkol, Pichai ^a   Borirak, Teerapong ^a  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Heat pipe; Nanofluids; Thermal efficiency enhancement

Indexed keywords

COPPER; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT PIPES; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING EQUIPMENT; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PIPE; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOANALYSIS; TITANIUM; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

COPPER TUBES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLOW FEATURES; HEAT TRANSFER DEVICES; HOMOGENIZER; NANOFLUIDS; OUTER DIAMETERS; THERMAL EFFICIENCIES; THERMAL EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT; TILT ANGLES; TITANIUM NANOPARTICLES; VOLUME CONCENTRATIONS; WORKING FLUIDS;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 56349091774     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2008.07.010     Document Type: Article

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