Numerical optimization for nanofluid flow in microchannels using entropy generation minimization

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 571-588

  Yang, Yue Tzu ^a   Wang, Yi Hsien ^a   Huang, Bo Ying ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; ENTROPY; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT SINKS; INLET FLOW; LAMINAR FLOW; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

DEVELOPING LAMINAR FLOWS; ENTROPY GENERATION MINIMIZATION; ENTROPY GENERATION RATE; FULL FACTORIAL DESIGN; LAMINAR FLUID FLOW; NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS; NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATIONS; TRAPEZOIDAL MICROCHANNELS;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 84918807781     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407782.2014.937282     Document Type: Article

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