Experimental studies on heat transfer and friction factor characteristics of Al 2O 3/water nanofluid under turbulent flow with spiraled rod inserts

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 53, Issue , 2012, Pages 24-30

  Suresh, S ^a   Selvakumar, P ^a   Chandrasekar, M ^b   Raman, V Srinivasa ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c RVS College of Engineering and Technology   (India)

Author keywords

Heat transfer enhancement; Nanofluid; Nusselt number; Pressure drop; Spiraled rod

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE SIZE; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION METHOD; CIRCULAR TUBES; CONSTANT HEAT FLUX; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; DISTILLED WATER; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FRICTION FACTORS; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; NANO-FLUID; NANOFLUIDS; PARTICLE VOLUME CONCENTRATIONS; PLAIN TUBES; SPIRALED ROD; STABLE SUSPENSIONS; VOLUME CONCENTRATION;

ALUMINUM; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NANOPARTICLES; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PRESSURE DROP; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TUBES (COMPONENTS); TURBULENT FLOW;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84857642644     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2011.12.013     Document Type: Article

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