Non-Newtonian fluid flow in plane channels: Heat transfer enhancement using porous blocks

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1984-1995

  Nebbali, R ^a   Bouhadef, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Forced convection; Heat transfer enhancement; Non Newtonian fluid; Porous blocks

Indexed keywords

COMBINED EFFECT; DARCY MODEL; DARCY NUMBER; EFFECT OF PARAMETERS; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; IN-PLANE; INCREASE IN PRESSURE; LOW PERMEABILITY; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID FLOW; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PARALLEL-PLATE CHANNELS; POROUS BLOCKS; POROUS INSERTS; POROUS LAYERS; POWER LAW FLUID; POWER LAW INDEX; PRESSURE LOSS; PSEUDOPLASTIC FLUID; THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY RATIO;

FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RHEOLOGY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOUS FLOW;

NON NEWTONIAN FLOW;

EID: 79960465785     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2011.04.013     Document Type: Article

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