Sedimentation in nanofluids during a natural convection experiment

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 101, Issue , 2016, Pages 1193-1203

  Kouloulias, K ^a   Sergis, A ^a   Hardalupas, Y ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Al2O3 nanoparticles; Heat transfer performance; Nanofluids; Natural convection; Rayleigh Benard; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BENCHMARKING; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; HEATING; MASS TRANSFER; NANOPARTICLES; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SEDIMENTATION; THERMAL INSULATION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; DIFFERENT BOUNDARY CONDITION; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; NANOFLUIDS; NANOPARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; RAYLEIGH; RAYLEIGH-BENARD CONFIGURATION;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84974660030     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2016.05.113     Document Type: Article

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