A study on the characteristics of carbon nanofluid for heat transfer enhancement of heat pipe

Renewable Energy

Volumn 65, Issue , 2014, Pages 123-129

  Park, Sung Seek ^a   Kim, Nam Jin ^a  

^a Jeju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Oxidized carbon nanotubes; Thermal conductivity; Transient hot wire method; Viscosity; Volumetric ratio

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; HYDROXYL RADICALS; INCREASING TEMPERATURES; MULTI-WALLED CNTS; NANO-PARTICLE DISPERSIONS; REFORMATION PROCESS; TRANSIENT HOT WIRE METHOD; VOLUMETRIC RATIO;

CHEMICAL STABILITY; HEAT PIPES; HEAT TRANSFER; NANOFLUIDICS; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATION; VISCOSITY;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FULLERENE; HEAT TRANSFER; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; PIPE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84892808416     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.07.040     Document Type: Article

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