Investigation of heat pipe heat exchanger effectiveness and energy saving in air conditioning systems using silver nanofluid

International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 587-594

  Firouzfar, E ^a   Soltanieh, M ^b   Noie, S H ^c   Saidi, M H ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dry bulb temperature; Methanol silver nanofluid; Relative humidity; Sensible energy effectiveness

Indexed keywords

AIR STREAMS; AIRCONDITIONING SYSTEMS; DILUTE DISPERSIONS; ENERGY EFFECTIVENESS; EVAPORATOR SECTION; INLET AIR; INLET AIR TEMPERATURES; NANOFLUIDS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; TEST RIGS; THERMOSYPHONS; WORKING FLUID;

AIR CONDITIONING; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; EVAPORATORS; EXPERIMENTS; FLUIDS; HEAT PIPES; METHANOL; NANOPARTICLES; SILVER; THERMAL LOAD;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84866095266     PISSN: 17351472     EISSN: 17352630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13762-012-0051-9     Document Type: Article

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