Heat transfer enhancement with Al2O3 nanofluids and twisted tapes in a pipe for solar thermal applications

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 1474-1484

  Sekhar, Y Raja ^a   Sharma, K V ^b   Karupparaj, R Thundil ^a   Chiranjeevi, C ^a  

^a VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Constant wall heat flux; Friction factor; Laminar Convective heat transfer; Local Nusselt number; Twisted tapes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891791946     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2013.09.229     Document Type: Conference Paper

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