A critical synthesis of thermophysical characteristics of nanofluids

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 54, Issue 19-20, 2011, Pages 4410-4428

  Khanafer, Khalil ^a   Vafai, Kambiz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b University of California Riverside   (United States)

Author keywords

Boiling; Free and forced convection; Nanofluids; Review; Surface tension; Thermophyscical properties

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; CLASSICAL EQUATION; CLASSICAL MODEL; EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FREE AND FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; NANOFLUIDS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; THERMOPHYSCICAL PROPERTIES; THERMOPHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS;

HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOFLUIDICS; SURFACE TENSION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; VISCOMETERS; VISCOSITY;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS;

EID: 79959768136     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.04.048     Document Type: Article

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