Boiling and two-phase flow phenomena of refrigerant-based nanofluids: Fundamentals, applications and challenges

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 421-446

  Cheng, Lixin ^a   Liu, Lei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Condensation; Correlation; Flow boiling; Flow patterns; Heat transfer; Mechanism; Nanolubricant; Nanoparticle; Pool boiling; Prediction methods; Pressure drop; Refrigerant based nanofluids; Review; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

FLOW BOILING; NANOFLUIDS; NANOLUBRICANT; POOL BOILING; PREDICTION METHODS;

CONDENSATION; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW PATTERNS; HEAT TRANSFER; MECHANISMS; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL CORRELATION; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PRESSURE DROP; REFRIGERANTS; REVIEWS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84873321492     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2012.11.010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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