Experimental Investigation of Thermal Conductivity and Electrical Conductivity of Al2O3 Nanofluid in Water - Ethylene Glycol Mixture for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Application

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 61, Issue , 2015, Pages 61-68

  Zakaria, Irnie ^c   Azmi, W H ^a   Mohamed, W A N W ^c   Mamat, Rizalman ^a   Najafi, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Aluminium oxide; Eelectrical conductivity; Fuel cell; Nanofluid; Thermal conductivity; Thermo electrical conductivity ratio

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FUEL CELLS; LIQUIDS; MIXTURES; NANOFLUIDICS; POLYOLS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); PROTONS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS;

ALUMINIUM OXIDE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; NANOFLUIDS; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; THERMAL AND ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; VOLUME CONCENTRATION; WATER ETHYLENE GLYCOL MIXTURES;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84920452064     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2014.12.015     Document Type: Article

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