Natural convection heat transfer in nanofluids - A numerical study

2008 Proceedings of the ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Conference, FEDSM 2008

Volumn 1, Issue PART A, 2009, Pages 269-273

  Rashmi, W ^a,b   Khalid, M ^a,b   Ismail, A F ^a,b   Faridah, Y ^a,b   Asrar, W ^a,b  

^a Department of Biotechnology Engineering ^*  (Malaysia)

^b INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Al2O3 water; CFD; Nanofluids; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

AL2O3-WATER; ANALYTICAL MODEL; CFD; COEFFICIENT OF THERMAL EXPANSION; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; FLUID MOLECULES; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; INTERFACIAL LAYER; KINETIC MODELS; MOLECULAR VISCOSITY; NANOFLUIDS; NATURAL CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL STUDIES; NUMERICAL VALUES;

ALUMINUM; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUIDS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; NANOFLUIDICS; NATURAL CONVECTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOELECTRICITY;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS;

EID: 70249104280     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/FEDSM2008-55213     Document Type: Conference Paper

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