Heat transfer and flow features of Al2O3-water nanofluids flowing through a circular microchannel - Experimental results and correlations

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 86-92

  Zhang, Hainan ^a,b   Shao, Shuangquan ^a   Xu, Hongbo ^a   Tian, Changqing ^a  

^a TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Correlation; Flow resistance; Heat transfer; Microchannel; Nanofluids

Indexed keywords

FLOW RESISTANCE; FRICTION FACTOR CORRELATION; HEAT TRANSFER AND FLOWS; MAXIMUM HEAT TRANSFER; NANOFLUIDS; NUSSELT NUMBER CORRELATION; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICLE VOLUME CONCENTRATIONS;

ALUMINUM; CORRELATION METHODS; DEIONIZED WATER; HEAT TRANSFER; LAMINAR FLOW; MICROCHANNELS; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; FRICTION; HEAT RESISTANCE;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84883127368     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2013.07.026     Document Type: Article

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