Effects of nanoparticles diameter and concentration on natural convection of the Al2O3-water nanofluids considering variable thermal conductivity around a vertical cone in porous media

Advanced Powder Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 224-235

  Ghalambaz, M ^a   Behseresht, A ^b   Behseresht, J ^c   Chamkha, A ^d  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^d MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Drift flux model; Homogeneous model; Nanofluid; Variable thermal conductivity; Variable viscosity

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONES; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; NANOPARTICLES; NATURAL CONVECTION; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS; VISCOSITY; VOLUME FRACTION;

DRIFT FLUX MODELING; HOMOGENEOUS MODELS; NANOFLUIDS; VARIABLE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VARIABLE VISCOSITY;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84922601564     PISSN: 09218831     EISSN: 15685527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apt.2014.10.001     Document Type: Article

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