Entropy generation analysis for nanofluid flow in microchannels

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 132, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Li, Jie ^a   Kleinstreuer, Clement ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

computer simulation; entropy minimization; microchannel geometry; microchannel operation; nanofluid flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION MODEL; ENTROPY GENERATION; ENTROPY GENERATION ANALYSIS; ENTROPY MINIMIZATION; ENTROPY SOURCES; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; INLET TEMPERATURE; MICRO CHANNEL HEAT SINKS; MICROCHANNEL GEOMETRIES; NANOFLUID FLOW; NANOFLUIDS; OPTIMAL REYNOLDS NUMBER; PURE WATER; THERMAL PROPERTIES; TRAPEZOIDAL MICROCHANNELS; VOLUMETRIC ENTROPY; WATER NANOFLUIDS;

ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FLOW SIMULATION; FRICTION; HEAT SINKS; LAMINAR FLOW; MICROCHANNELS; NANOFLUIDICS; OPTIMIZATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

ENTROPY;

EID: 79952080476     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4002395     Document Type: Article

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