Experimental investigation of turbulent flow and convective heat transfer characteristics of alumina water nanofluids in fully developed flow regime

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1272-1278

  Heyhat, M M ^a   Kowsary, F ^a   Rashidi, A M ^b   Alem Varzane Esfehani, S ^a   Amrollahi, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRY RIPI   (Iran)

Author keywords

Convective heat transfer; Fully developed; Nanofluids; Pressure drop; Turbulent flow

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR TUBES; CONSTANT WALL TEMPERATURE; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; DISTILLED WATER; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLOW CONDITION; FLOW REGIMES; FULLY DEVELOPED; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; NANOFLUIDS; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; REYNOLDS; TEST FLUIDS; VISCOUS PRESSURE DROP; VOLUME CONCENTRATION; WATER NANOFLUIDS;

ALUMINA; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TURBULENT FLOW;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84865385265     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2012.06.024     Document Type: Article

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