Buoyancy-driven heat transfer of water-Al 2O 3 nanofluid in a closed chamber: Effects of solid volume fraction, Prandtl number and aspect ratio

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 55, Issue 25-26, 2012, Pages 7355-7365

  Nasrin, Rehena ^a   Alim, M A ^a   Chamkha, Ali J ^b  

^a BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^b MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Buoyancy driven flow; Solid volume fraction; Vertical chamber; Water Al 2O 3 nanofluid

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY DRIVEN FLOWS; CAVITY ASPECT RATIO; CLOSED CHAMBERS; ENERGY EQUATION; FINITE ELEMENT TECHNIQUES; FLUID TEMPERATURES; GALERKIN; HEAT TRANSFER AND FLUID FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER EFFECTS; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; HEATED WALL; NANOFLUIDS; NAVIER STOKES; SOLID VOLUME FRACTION; VERTICAL CHAMBER; WEIGHTED RESIDUALS;

ALUMINUM; ASPECT RATIO; BUOYANCY; NANOPARTICLES; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER; THERMOELECTRICITY; VOLUME FRACTION;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84867494437     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2012.08.011     Document Type: Review

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