Exergy destruction of forced convective (ethylene glycol+alumina) nanofluid through a duct with constant wall temperature in contrast to (ethylene glycol) fluid

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1279-1285

  Rezaee, F K ^a   Tayebi, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Exergy destruction; Exergy transfer; Force convection; Nanofluid

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; DUCTS; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; EXERGY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUIDIZATION; LAMINAR FLOW; NANOPARTICLES; POLYOLS;

CONSTANT WALL TEMPERATURE; EXERGY DESTRUCTIONS; EXERGY TRANSFER; FORCE CONVECTIONS; NANOFLUIDS; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SINGLE-PHASE MODEL; SOLID PARTICLES;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 77953796319     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2010.1279.1285     Document Type: Article

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