A review of nanorefrigerants: Flow characteristics and applications

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 44, Issue , 2014, Pages 125-140

  Celen, Ali ^a   Çebi, Alican ^a   Aktas, Melih ^a   Mahian, Omid ^b   Dalkilic, Ahmet Selim ^a   Wongwises, Somchai ^c  

^a YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Applications; Boiling; Heat transfer; Nanorefrigerants; Pressure drop; Thermophysical properties

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; APPLICATIONS; BOILING LIQUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; NANOFLUIDICS; NANOPARTICLES; PRESSURE DROP; REFRIGERANTS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

DOMESTIC REFRIGERATORS; FLOW CHARAC-TERISTICS; HEAT TRANSFER AND PRESSURE DROP; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; NANOREFRIGERANTS; PURE REFRIGERANTS; THERMAL TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); APPLICATIONS;

EID: 84904018077     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2014.05.009     Document Type: Review

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