Thermal conductivity of carbon nanotube nanofluid-Experimental and theoretical study

Heat Transfer - Asian Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 145-163

  Walvekar, Rashmi ^a   Faris, Ismail Ahmad ^a   Khalid, Mohammad ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CNTs; Nanofluid; Theoretical model; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

CNTS; CONDUCTIVITY OF FLUIDS; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; GUM ARABIC; NANO-FLUID; NANOFLUIDS; PARTICLE VOLUME FRACTIONS; THEORETICAL MODELS; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY MODEL;

ASPECT RATIO; CARBON NANOTUBES; NANOFLUIDICS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS;

EID: 84857440000     PISSN: 10992871     EISSN: 15231496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/htj.20405     Document Type: Article

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