Convective heat transfer characteristics of secondary refrigerant based CNT nanofluids in a tubular heat exchanger

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2287-2296

  Kumaresan, V ^a   Velraj, R ^a   Das, Sarit K ^b  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Convective heat transfer; Friction factor; Nanofluids; Secondary refrigerant

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER DEVELOPMENT; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; ENHANCED THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FRICTION FACTORS; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; NANOFLUIDS; PARTICLE REARRANGEMENT; SECONDARY REFRIGERANT; TUBULAR HEAT EXCHANGERS;

ASPECT RATIO; CARBON NANOTUBES; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); REFRIGERANTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84868205783     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2012.08.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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