A two-phase numerical study of buoyancy-driven convection of alumina-water nanofluids in differentially-heated horizontal annuli

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages 327-338

  Corcione, Massimo ^a   Habib, Emanuele ^a   Quintino, Alessandro ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Correlations; Horizontal annulus; Nanofluid; Natural convection; Optimal particle loading; Two phase approach

Indexed keywords

CORRELATIONS; HORIZONTAL ANNULUS; NANOFLUIDS; OPTIMAL PARTICLE LOADINGS; TWO-PHASE APPROACH;

ALUMINA; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); ENERGY TRANSFER; HEAT CONVECTION; NANOPARTICLES; NATURAL CONVECTION; OPTIMIZATION;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84879913053     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2013.06.014     Document Type: Article

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