Effect of nanoparticles size on thermal performance of nanofluid in a trapezoidal microchannel-heat-sink

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 155-161

  Fani, Behzad ^a   Abbassi, Abbas ^a   Kalteh, Mohammad ^b  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUILAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Eulerian Eulerian approach; Microchannel heat sink; Nanofluid; Nanoparticle size; Trapezoidal; Two phase

Indexed keywords

EULERIAN-EULERIAN APPROACH; MICROCHANNEL-HEAT-SINK; NANOFLUIDS; NANOPARTICLE SIZES; TRAPEZOIDAL; TWO-PHASE;

COPPER; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; MICROCHANNELS; MIXED CONVECTION; NANOPARTICLES; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRESSURE DROP;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84878842846     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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