Flow boiling heat transfer of alumina nanofluids in single microchannels and the roles of nanoparticles

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1063-1073

  Vafaei, Saeid ^a   Wen, Dongsheng ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alumina nanoparticle; Bubble; Colloids; Critical heat flux; Flow boiling; Nanofluids; Surface wettability

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA NANOPARTICLE; BUBBLE; CRITICAL HEAT FLUX; FLOW BOILING; NANOFLUIDS; SURFACE WETTABILITY;

BOILING LIQUIDS; BUBBLE FORMATION; EXPERIMENTS; HEAT FLUX; HEATING; INLET FLOW; LAKES; MICROCHANNELS; NANOPARTICLES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; TABLE LOOKUP;

NANOFLUIDICS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; NANOPARTICLE;

ADIABATICITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HEAT TRANSFER; LIQUID; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NANOFLUIDICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79956074628     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-010-0095-z     Document Type: Article

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