Comparison between single-phase and two-phases CFD modeling of laminar forced convection flow of nanofluids in a circular tube under constant heat flux

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1297-1302

  Keshavarz Moraveji, Mostafa ^a   Esmaeili, Elahe ^a,b  

^a ARAK UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

CFD; Heat transfer coefficient; Laminar flow; Nanofluid; Two phase model

Indexed keywords

CFD MODELING; CIRCULAR TUBES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS METHODS; CONSTANT HEAT FLUX; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBER; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; LAMINAR FORCED CONVECTIONS; MODELING RESULTS; NANOFLUIDS; NANOPARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT PROPERTIES; TWO-PHASE MODEL;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; LAMINAR FLOW; MIXED CONVECTION; NANOPARTICLES; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84865396636     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2012.07.012     Document Type: Article

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