Efficiency of carbon nanotubes water based nanofluids as coolants

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 53, Issue , 2014, Pages 104-110

  Halelfadl, Salma ^a   Maré, Thierry ^a   Estellé, Patrice ^a  

^a LGCGM   (France)

Author keywords

CNT; Coolants; Density; Heat transfer efficiency; Nanofluids; Thermal conductivity; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

CNT; HEAT TRANSFER EFFICIENCY; LAMINAR AND TURBULENT FLOW; NANOFLUIDS; NANOPARTICLE VOLUME FRACTIONS; SHEAR-RATE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THERMO-PHYSICAL PROPERTY;

CARBON NANOTUBES; COOLANTS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); EFFICIENCY; NANOFLUIDICS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VISCOSITY; VOLUME FRACTION;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS;

EID: 84892527623     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2013.11.010     Document Type: Article

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