Thermal conductivity variation on natural convection flow of water-alumina nanofluid in an annulus

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 55, Issue 19-20, 2012, Pages 5268-5274

  Parvin, Salma ^a   Nasrin, Rehena ^a   Alim, M A ^a   Hossain, N F ^a   Chamkha, Ali J ^b  

^a BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^b MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Annulus; Heat flux; Heat transfer enhancement; Nanofluid; Natural convection

Indexed keywords

ANNULUS; CONDUCTIVITY VARIATION; CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; INNER SURFACES; LAMINAR NATURAL CONVECTION; MAXWELL-GARNETT MODELS; NANO-FLUID; NATURAL CONVECTION FLOW; NUMERICAL MODELING; PARAMETRIC STUDY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY MODEL; UNIFORM HEAT FLUX;

ALUMINA; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRASHOF NUMBER; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NANOPARTICLES; NATURAL CONVECTION; PRANDTL NUMBER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84863514200     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2012.05.035     Document Type: Article

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