Comparative study of cooling performance of automobile radiator using Al2O3-water and carbon nanotube-water nanofluid

Journal of Nanotechnology in Engineering and Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Chougule, Sandesh S ^a   Sahu, S K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INDORE   (India)

Author keywords

CNT water; forced convection; nanofluids; thermal performance

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; AUTOMOBILE RADIATORS; FORCED CONVECTION;

CNT-WATER; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; COOLING PERFORMANCE; FORCED CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; NANOFLUIDS; NANOPARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

NANOFLUIDICS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CARBON NANOTUBE; NANOPARTICLE; WATER; ALUMINUM OXIDE WATER NANOFLUID; CARBON NANOTUBE WATER NANOFLUID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE RADIATOR; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FLOW RATE; GENERAL DEVICE; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NANOANALYSIS; NANOFABRICATION; PH MEASUREMENT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY; WATER ANALYSIS; CAR; COOLING; HEAT TOLERANCE; NANOFLUIDICS; VISCOMETRY;

EID: 84896473135     PISSN: 19492944     EISSN: 19492952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4026971     Document Type: Article

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