A dispersion model of enhanced mass diffusion in nanofluids

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2377-2384

  Veilleux, Jocelyn ^a   Coulombe, Sylvain ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brownian motion; Colloidal phenomena; Diffusion; Dispersion; Mass transfer; Nanofluids

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA NANOPARTICLE; BRINKMAN EQUATION; BROWNIAN MOTION; COLLOIDAL PHENOMENA; DISPERSION MODELS; FIXED BED; GENERALIZED LANGEVIN EQUATION; MASS DIFFUSION; MASS DIFFUSIVITY; MAXWELL-BOLTZMANN DISTRIBUTION; NANOFLUIDS; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; RHODAMINE 6G; ROOT MEAN SQUARE VELOCITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENT; VELOCITY FIELD;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; DEIONIZED WATER; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; DISPERSIONS; MASS TRANSFER; NANOPARTICLES; VELOCITY;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 79953696497     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.02.053     Document Type: Article

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