Experimental study on heat transfer and pressure drop of nanofluid flow in a horizontal coiled wire inserted tube under constant heat flux

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 36, Issue , 2012, Pages 158-168

  Saeedinia, M ^a   Akhavan Behabadi, M A ^a   Nasr, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Constant heat flux; Nanofluid; Nusselt number; Pressure drop; Wire coil inserts

Indexed keywords

BASE OIL; COIL PITCH; CONSTANT HEAT FLUX; CUO NANOPARTICLES; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLOW PRESSURE; FRICTION FACTORS; HEAT TRANSFER AND PRESSURE DROP; HEAT TRANSFER AND PRESSURE DROP CHARACTERISTICS; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; NANOFLUID; NANOFLUID FLOW; NANOPARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICLES CONCENTRATION; SMOOTH TUBES; TEST SECTIONS; WIRE COIL INSERTED TUBES; WIRE COIL INSERTS; WIRE DIAMETER;

FRICTION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; LAMINAR FLOW; MIXED CONVECTION; NANOPARTICLES; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TUBES (COMPONENTS); ULTRASONIC DEVICES; WIRE;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 81155135072     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2011.09.009     Document Type: Article

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