Heat transfer performance and transport properties of ZnO-ethylene glycol and ZnO-ethylene glycol-water nanofluid coolants

Applied Energy

Volumn 135, Issue , 2014, Pages 548-559

  Suganthi, K S ^a   Leela Vinodhan, V ^a   Rajan, K S ^a  

^a SASTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Heat transfer rate ratio; Liquid layering; Nanofluid; Transient heat transfer; ZnO ethylene glycol; ZnO ethylene glycol water

Indexed keywords

COOLANTS; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; EXPERIMENTS; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGEN BONDS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MOLECULES; POLYOLS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS; VISCOSITY; WATER ABSORPTION; ZINC OXIDE;

FAVORABLE INTERACTIONS; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; HYDROGEN BONDING NETWORK; NANOFLUIDS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENT; TRANSIENT HEAT TRANSFER; ZNO;

NANOFLUIDICS;

ALCOHOL; COOLING; ETHYLENE; HEAT TRANSFER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VISCOSITY; ZINC;

EID: 84907882535     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.09.023     Document Type: Article

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