Computational analysis of thermal performance and entropy generation of nanofluid flow in microchannels

ASME 2012 3rd International Conference on Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer, MNHMT 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 135-144

  Li, Jie ^a   Kleinstreuer, Clement ^a,b,c   Feng, Yu ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Effective thermal conductivity; Entropy minimization; Micro heat sinks; Nanofluid flow

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENTROPY MINIMIZATION; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; LOCAL HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; MICRO CHANNEL HEAT SINKS; MICRO HEAT SINK; NANOFLUID FLOW; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY MODEL;

ENTROPY; HEAT SINKS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MICROCHANNELS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84882368178     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/MNHMT2012-75007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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