CFD and experimental investigation on the heat transfer characteristics of alumina nanofluids under the laminar flow regime

Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 469-481

  Azari, A ^a   Kalbasi, M ^a   Rahimi, M ^b  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Heat transfer coefficient; Nanofluids; Single phase model; Two phase model

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; LAMINAR FLOW; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; NANOFLUIDS; PARTICLE VOLUME CONCENTRATIONS; SINGLE-PHASE MODEL; TWO-PHASE MODEL; VARIABLE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84904859514     PISSN: 01046632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0104-6632.20140312s00001959     Document Type: Article

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