Extrapolation of Al2O3-water nanofluid viscosity for temperatures and volume concentrations beyond the range of validity of existing correlations

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 1092-1097

  Mena, Jesús Betancourt ^a   Ubices De Moraes, Anderson Antonio ^b   Benito, Yipsy Roque ^a   Ribatski, Gherhardt ^b   Parise, José Alberto Reis ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Al2O3 water; Low concentration; Low temperature; Nanofluid; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATE EXPRESSIONS; EFFECTIVE VISCOSITY; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; ENHANCED HEAT TRANSFER; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; LOW TEMPERATURES; NANOFLUIDS; NANOPARTICLE DIAMETER; SIMULATION OF HEAT TRANSFER; THERMAL FLUIDS; VOLUME CONCENTRATION;

ALUMINUM; EXTRAPOLATION; HEAT TRANSFER; NANOPARTICLES; SPECIFIC HEAT; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VISCOSITY;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84870182434     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

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