Investigation of nanofluids heat transfer in a ribbed microchannel heat sink using single-phase and multiphase CFD models

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 68, Issue , 2015, Pages 122-129

  Ghale, Z Yari ^a   Haghshenasfard, M ^a   Esfahany, M Nasr ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Nanofluid; Ribbed microchannel heat sink

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FORECASTING; FRICTION; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT SINKS; HEAT TRANSFER; MICROCHANNELS;

FLUID FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFERS; FORCED CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; GEOMETRICAL CHARACTERISTICS; MICRO CHANNEL HEAT SINKS; NANOFLUIDS; STRAIGHT MICROCHANNELS; TWO-PHASE MIXTURE MODELS;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84941282278     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2015.08.012     Document Type: Article

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