Comparison of heat transfer and pressure drop in horizontal and vertical helically coiled heat exchanger with CuO/water based nano fluids

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 42, Issue , 2012, Pages 64-70

  Kannadasan, N ^a   Ramanathan, K ^b   Suresh, S ^c  

^a NPR College of Engineering and Technology   (India)

^b ALAGAPPA CHETTIAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

CuO water nanofluids; Dean number; Horizontal and vertical helically tube heat exchanger; Internal Nusselt number; Particle volume concentration

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; DEAN NUMBER; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FRICTION FACTORS; HEAT TRANSFER AND PRESSURE DROP; HEAT TRANSFER AND PRESSURE DROP CHARACTERISTICS; NANOFLUIDS; PARTICLE VOLUME CONCENTRATIONS; TUBE HEAT EXCHANGERS; VERTICAL POSITIONS; VOLUME CONCENTRATION;

HEAT EXCHANGERS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRESSURE DROP; TURBULENT FLOW; WELDING ELECTRODES;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84864291179     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2012.03.031     Document Type: Article

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