An experimental investigation on heat transfer characteristics of multi-walled CNT-heat transfer oil nanofluid flow inside flattened tubes under uniform wall temperature condition

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1404-1409

  Ashtiani, D ^a   Akhavan Behabadi, M A ^a   Pakdaman, M Fakoor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Experimental; Flattened tube; Heat transfer; MWCNT; Nanofluid; Uniform wall temperature

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL; FLATTENED TUBES; MWCNT; NANOFLUIDS; WALL TEMPERATURES;

FLOW RATE; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOPARTICLES; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84866951180     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2012.07.017     Document Type: Article

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