Experimental and theoretical studies of thermal conductivity, viscosity and heat transfer coefficient of titania and alumina nanofluids

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 55, Issue 25-26, 2012, Pages 7772-7781

  Utomo, Adi T ^a   Poth, Heiko ^b   Robbins, Phillip T ^a   Pacek, Andrzej W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b R and D Nanocomp   (Germany)

Author keywords

CFD; Heat transfer; Nanofluids; Natural convection

Indexed keywords

CLASSICAL CORRELATION; EXPERIMENTAL HEAT TRANSFER; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; HOMOGENEOUS FLOW MODEL; MAXWELL MODELS; MODEL PREDICTION; NANOFLUIDS; SIMPLE FLUIDS; STRAIGHT PIPE; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMO-PHYSICAL PROPERTY; TITANIA; WALL TEMPERATURES; WATER BASED;

ALUMINA; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FORECASTING; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NANOFLUIDICS; NATURAL CONVECTION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; VISCOSITY;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS;

EID: 84867537766     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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