The cooling performances evaluation of nanofluids in a compact heat exchanger

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Huminic, Gabriela ^a   Huminic, Angel ^a  

^a TRANSILVANIA UNIVERSITY OF BRASOV   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE RADIATORS; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; LAMINAR FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

COMPACT HEAT EXCHANGER; COOLING PERFORMANCE; ENERGY EQUATION; INLET TEMPERATURE; NANOFLUIDS; NANOPARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 85072491840     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2012-01-1045     Document Type: Conference Paper

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