On the anomalous convective heat transfer enhancement in nanofluids: A theoretical answer to the nanofluids controversy

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Yang, C ^a   Li, W ^a   Sano, Y ^a   Mochizuki, M ^a   Nakayama, A ^b  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WUHAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

forced convection; heat transfer enhancement; laminar flow; nanofluids

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT HEAT FLUX; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; ENERGY EQUATION; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; NANOFLUIDS; NANOPARTICLE VOLUME FRACTIONS; THERMOPHORETIC;

ALUMINA; FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; LAMINAR FLOW; NANOPARTICLES; NUSSELT NUMBER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84877673000     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4023539     Document Type: Article

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