Thermal performance analysis of nanofluids in a thermosyphon heat pipe using CFD modeling

Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 667-678

  Asmaie, L ^a   Haghshenasfard, M ^a   Mehrabani Zeinabad, A ^a   Nasr Esfahany, M ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELS; CUO/WATER NANOFLUID; MAXIMUM HEAT FLUX; OPTIMUM CONCENTRATION; PHASE CHANGE HEAT TRANSFER; THERMAL PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; WALL TEMPERATURES; WORKING FLUID;

CAPILLARY FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; SIPHONS; THERMOSYPHONS;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84878313076     PISSN: 09477411     EISSN: 14321181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00231-013-1110-6     Document Type: Article

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