Review of heat transfer in nanofluids: Conductive, convective and radiative experimental results

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 43, Issue , 2015, Pages 1182-1198

  Lomascolo, Mauro ^a   Colangelo, Gianpiero ^b   Milanese, Marco ^b   De Risi, Arturo ^b  

^a University Campus Ecotekne   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conduction; Convection; Heat transfer; Nanofluids; Optical properties; Radiation; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

NANOFLUIDICS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

COMPLETE SETS; CONDUCTION; CONVECTION; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; HEAT TRANSFER CAPABILITY; NANOFLUIDS; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES; REFERENCE GUIDES; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; TRANSFER PHENOMENON;

HEAT CONVECTION;

EID: 84919632550     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.11.086     Document Type: Review

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