Effect of Prandtl number on free convection in a solar collector filled with nanofluid

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 56, Issue , 2013, Pages 54-62

  Nasrin, Rehena ^a   Parvin, Salma ^a   Alim, M A ^a  

^a BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Prandtl number; Solar collector

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883132081     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2013.03.088     Document Type: Conference Paper

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