Experimental study of overall heat transfer coefficient in the application of dilute nanofluids in the car radiator

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-16

  Peyghambarzadeh, S M ^a   Hashemabadi, S H ^b   Naraki, M ^a   Vermahmoudi, Y ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Automobile radiator; Copper oxide; Experimental; Iron oxide; Nanoparticle; Overall heat transfer coefficient; stability

Indexed keywords

AIR VELOCITIES; AMBIENT AIR; CAR RADIATORS; CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; COOLANT FLOW; EXPERIMENTAL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; HOT LIQUID; INLET TEMPERATURE; NANOFLUIDS; NANOPARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; OVERALL HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT;

AIR; AUTOMOBILE RADIATORS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; COPPER OXIDES; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; IRON OXIDES; LIQUIDS; NANOPARTICLES; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84870661497     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2012.11.013     Document Type: Article

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