Comparative study of Euler and mixture models for turbulent flow of Al2O3 nanofluid inside a horizontal tube

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 52, Issue , 2014, Pages 152-158

  Hejazian, Majid ^a   Moraveji, Mostafa Keshavarz ^b   Beheshti, Alireza ^a  

^a ARAK UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Al2O3; CFD; Euler; Mixture model; Nanofluid; Pressure drop

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; EULER; FORCED CONVECTIVE FLOWS; MIXTURE MODEL; NANOFLUIDS; PARTICLE DIAMETERS; PARTICLE VOLUME CONCENTRATIONS;

ALUMINUM; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MIXTURES; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84893848372     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2014.01.022     Document Type: Article

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