Empirical and theoretical correlations on viscosity of nanofluids: A review

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue , 2013, Pages 670-686

  Sundar, L Syam ^a   Sharma, K V ^c   Naik, M T ^c   Singh, Manoj K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c JNTUH COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

Author keywords

Correlations; Nanofluid; Particle size; Temperature; Volume concentration

Indexed keywords

HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

CORRELATIONS; DISPERSION OF NANO PARTICLES; FLUID VISCOSITY; NANO-SIZED PARTICLES; NANOFLUIDS; PARTICLE VOLUME CONCENTRATIONS; VOLUME CONCENTRATION;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84879093534     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2013.04.003     Document Type: Review

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