An experimental and numerical investigation of heat transfer enhancement for graphene nanoplatelets nanofluids in turbulent flow conditions

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 81, Issue , 2015, Pages 41-51

  Sadeghinezhad, Emad ^a   Togun, Hussein ^a,b   Mehrali, Mohammad ^a   Sadeghi Nejad, Parvaneh ^c   Tahan Latibari, Sara ^a   Abdulrazzaq, Tuqa ^d   Kazi, S N ^a   Metselaar, Hendrik Simon Cornelis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THI QAR   (Iraq)

^c MALAYSIA JAPAN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Convective heat transfer; Experimental; Graphene nanoplatelets nanofluid; Numerical simulation; Thermo physical properties; Turbulent flow

Indexed keywords

TURBULENT FLOW;

CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; EXPERIMENTAL; FLOW CONDITION; GRAPHENE NANOPLATELETS; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; NANOFLUIDS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; THERMO-PHYSICAL PROPERTY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84908406817     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2014.10.006     Document Type: Article

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