Application of nanofluids in heat exchangers: A review

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 5625-5638

  Huminic, Gabriela ^a   Huminic, Angel ^a  

^a TRANSILVANIA UNIVERSITY OF BRASOV   (Romania)

Author keywords

Convective heat transfer; Heat exchangers; Nanofluids; Thermal conductivity; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

COMPACT HEAT EXCHANGER; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; DOUBLE-PIPE HEAT EXCHANGERS; EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; NANOFLUIDS; PLATE HEAT EXCHANGERS; SHELL AND TUBE HEAT EXCHANGERS;

HEAT CONVECTION; NANOFLUIDICS; NUSSELT NUMBER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VISCOSITY;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 84864501423     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.05.023     Document Type: Review

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