Experimental investigation of heat transfer in a novel heat sink by means of alumina nanofluids

Heat Transfer Research

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 709-720

  Zirakzadeh, Hootan ^a   Mashayekh, Alireza ^a   Bidgoli, Hossein Noori ^a   Ashjaee, Mehdi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Al2O3 water nanofluid; Constant heat flux; Experimental; Heat transfer; Novel miniature heat sink

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT HEAT FLUX; EXPERIMENTAL; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; MINIATURE HEAT SINKS; NANOFLUIDS; OVERALL HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; RECTANGULAR CHANNEL;

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; DISPERSIONS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT SINKS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84876512733     PISSN: 10642285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/HeatTransRes.2012004421     Document Type: Article

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