Experimental analysis of turbulent convective heat transfer and pressure drop of Al 2O 3/water nanofluid in horizontal tube

Micro and Nano Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 223-227

  Kayhani, M H ^a   Nazari, M ^a   Soltanzadeh, H ^a   Heyhat, M M ^b   Kowsary, F ^b  

^a SHAHROOD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA NANOPARTICLE; CIRCULAR TUBES; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; DISTILLED WATER; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; HORIZONTAL TUBES; NANO-FLUID; NANOFLUIDS; PRESSURE LOSS; STABLE SUSPENSIONS; TURBULENT REGIME; VOLUME CONCENTRATION;

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NANOPARTICLES; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

NANOFLUIDICS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; HEAT TRANSFER; NANOCHEMISTRY; NANOFLUIDICS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84860523717     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17500443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/mnl.2011.0706     Document Type: Article

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