Modeling of thermal conductivity of nanofluids by modifying Maxwell's equation using cell model approach

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2791-2798

  Mehta, Siddharth ^a   Chauhan, K Prashanth ^a   Kanagaraj, S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

Brownian motion; Colloids; Maxwell's model; Nanofluids; Theoretical model; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

CELL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; INNOVATIVE HEAT TRANSFER; MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS; MAXWELL'S MODEL; NANO-FLUID; NANOFLUIDS; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; THEORETICAL MODELS;

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; FLUIDS; HEAT CONVECTION; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; NANOFLUIDICS;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS;

NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; HEAT TOLERANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NANOFLUIDICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 80052056299     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-010-0167-0     Document Type: Article

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