Heat transfer enhancement of nanofluids flow in microtube with constant heat flux

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1195-1204

  Salman, B H ^a   Mohammed, H A ^b   Kherbeet, A Sh ^a  

^a Universiti Tenaga Nasional   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Heat transfer enhancement; Microtube; Nanofluids; Numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT HEAT FLUX; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; MICROTUBE; NANOFLUIDS; NANOPARTICLE SIZES; SIMPLE ALGORITHM; ZNO;

ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MIXED CONVECTION; NANOPARTICLES; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ZINC OXIDE;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84865355751     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2012.07.005     Document Type: Article

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