Performance augmentation and optimization of aluminum oxide-water nanofluid flow in a two-fluid microchannel heat exchanger

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Mohammadian, Shahabeddin K ^a   Seyf, Hamid Reza ^a   Zhang, Yuwen ^a  

^a Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

Author keywords

entropy generation; nanofluids; particles size; two fluid microchannel heat exchangers

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATE HEAT TRANSFER; ENTROPY GENERATION; ENTROPY GENERATION RATE; LAMINAR FORCED CONVECTIONS; MICRO-CHANNEL HEAT EXCHANGERS; NANOFLUIDS; PARTICLES SIZES; SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS;

ENTROPY; FRICTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; MICROCHANNELS; NANOPARTICLES; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VOLUME FRACTION;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84887972779     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4025431     Document Type: Article

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