Heat transfer characteristics of multiwall carbon nanotube suspensions (MWCNT nanofluids) in intertube falling-film flow

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 55, Issue 11-12, 2012, Pages 3186-3195

  Ruan, Binglu ^a,b,c   Jacobi, Anthony M ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Falling film; Heat transfer; Nanofluids

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FALLING FILM; HEAT TRANSFER BEHAVIOR; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; NANO-FLUID; NANOFLUIDS; WATER BASED;

CARBON NANOTUBES; ETHYLENE; GLYCOLS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); REYNOLDS NUMBER; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84857779307     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2012.02.051     Document Type: Article

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