Experimental and numerical study of natural convection in a square enclosure filled with nanofluid

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 78, Issue , 2014, Pages 380-392

  Hu, Yanwei ^a   He, Yurong ^a   Qi, Cong ^a   Jiang, Baocheng ^a   Inaki Schlaberg, H ^b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Interaction forces; Nanofluid; Natural convection; Two phase Lattice Boltzmann model

Indexed keywords

ENCLOSURES; HEAT TRANSFER; NANOPARTICLES; NATURAL CONVECTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VISCOSITY; VOLUME FRACTION;

COEFFICIENT OF THERMAL CONDUCTIVITIES; EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDIES; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER; INTERACTION FORCES; LATTICE BOLTZMANN MODELS; NANOFLUIDS; NANOPARTICLE VOLUME FRACTIONS; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; SQUARE ENCLOSURES;

NANOFLUIDICS; NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 84905011688     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2014.07.001     Document Type: Article

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