Enhancing natural convection in a cube using a strong magnetic field - Experimental heat transfer rate measurements and flow visualization

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 781-786

  Bednarz, Tomasz ^a,b   Patterson, John C ^b   Lei, Chengwang ^b   Ozoe, Hiroyuki ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heat transfer rate; Magnetic fluid; Nusselt number; Paramagnetic fluid; Thermo magnetic convection

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CONCENTRATION OF; CONVECTION-DOMINATED; CUBIC ENCLOSURE; EXPERIMENTAL HEAT TRANSFER; FLOW PROFILE; GADOLINIUM NITRATE; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; MAGNETIC CONVECTION; MAGNETIC FORCE DISTRIBUTION; MAGNETIC INDUCTION; PARAMAGNETIC FLUID; STEADY AND TRANSIENT STATE; STRONG MAGNETIC FIELDS; TEMPERATURE FIELD; THERMO-MAGNETIC CONVECTION; THERMOCHROMIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; WORKING FLUID;

ENCLOSURES; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; GADOLINIUM; GEOMETRY; GLYCEROL; HEAT EXCHANGERS; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUIDS; MAGNETS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PARAMAGNETIC MATERIALS;

SPECIFIC HEAT;

EID: 68249110191     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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