Experimental study of heat transfer enhancement using water/ethylene glycol based nanofluids as a new coolant for car radiators

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1283-1290

  Peyghambarzadeh, S M ^a   Hashemabadi, S H ^b   Hoseini, S M ^a   Seifi Jamnani, M ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Car radiator; Cooling performance; Ethylene glycol Al2O3 nanofluid; Experimental study; Heat transfer enhancement; Water Al2O3 nanofluid

Indexed keywords

ANTI-FREEZING; CAR RADIATORS; COOLING PERFORMANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLUID INLET TEMPERATURE; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; LIQUID FLOW RATES; NANOFLUIDS; PURE WATER;

AUTOMOBILE RADIATORS; BINARY MIXTURES; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FLUIDS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; INLET FLOW;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 80053572382     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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