Solidification of nano-enhanced phase change material (NEPCM) in a wavy cavity

Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1155-1166

  Kashani, S ^a   Ranjbar, A A ^b   Abdollahzadeh, M ^b,c   Sebti, S ^d  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b BABOL NOSHIRVANI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^d URMIA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; ENTHALPY-POROSITY; FREEZING TIME; NANO-PARTICLE DISPERSIONS; NANOFLUIDS; SOLID AND LIQUID INTERFACE; SOLIDIFICATION TIME; SURFACE WAVINESS; VERTICAL ENCLOSURES; WAVY CAVITY;

FREEZING; NANOFLUIDICS; NANOPARTICLES; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; PHASE INTERFACES;

SOLIDIFICATION;

EID: 84864564757     PISSN: 09477411     EISSN: 14321181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00231-012-0965-2     Document Type: Article

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