Numerical study of heat transfer enhancement of counter nanofluids flow in rectangular microchannel heat exchanger

Superlattices and Microstructures

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 215-233

  Mohammed, H A ^a   Bhaskaran, G ^a   Shuaib, N H ^a   Saidur, R ^b  

^a Universiti Tenaga Nasional   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Heat transfer enhancement; Nanofluids; Numerical modeling; Rectangular microchannel heat exchanger

Indexed keywords

BULK TEMPERATURES; COLD FLUID; CONJUGATE HEAT TRANSFER; DEVELOPING FLOW; ENHANCED PERFORMANCE; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; MICROCHANNEL HEAT EXCHANGER; NANOFLUIDS; NANOPARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; NUMERICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PERFORMANCE INDICES; PRESSURE PROFILES; PUMPING POWER; RECTANGULAR MICROCHANNELS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TIO; WALL SHEAR STRESS; WORKING FLUID;

COOLING SYSTEMS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MICROCHANNELS; NANOPARTICLES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SPECIFIC HEAT; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 80051797795     PISSN: 07496036     EISSN: 10963677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spmi.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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