A review of nanofluid heat transfer and critical heat flux enhancement - Research gap to engineering application

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 66, Issue , 2013, Pages 13-24

  Wu, J M ^a,b   Zhao, Jiyun ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Application; Nanofluid; Research gap; Review

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BRIDGES; COOLING SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC COOLING; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT PIPES; HEAT STABILIZERS; NANOPARTICLES; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; REVIEWS; THERMAL ENGINEERING;

BOILING HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; CHARACTERIZATION OF NANOPARTICLES; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDIES; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; HEAT TRANSFER PROPERTIES; NANOFLUIDS;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84876137310     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2013.03.009     Document Type: Review

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