Heat transfer enhancements of low volume concentration Al2O3 nanofluid and with longitudinal strip inserts in a circular tube

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 53, Issue 19-20, 2010, Pages 4280-4286

  Sundar, L Syam ^b   Sharma, K V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

^b JNTUH COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

Author keywords

Aluminum oxide nanofluid; Forced convection in a tube; Heat transfer enhancement; Longitudinal strip inserts; Nanofluid friction factor

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDES; CIRCULAR TUBES; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; FRICTION FACTORS; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; NANO-FLUID; PARTICLE VOLUME CONCENTRATIONS; VOLUME CONCENTRATION;

ALUMINUM; ASPECT RATIO; FORCED CONVECTION; FRICTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; OXIDES; PRESSURE DROP; TRIBOLOGY; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 77954564807     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.05.056     Document Type: Article

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