Table 2

Effective Nusselt number of simulated nanofluids

Nanofluid Volume fraction

0.001

0.005

0.01

Cu(100 nm)/DIW

1.120

1.271

1.425

Al₂O₃(100 nm)/DIW

1.005

1.072

1.207

CuO(100 nm)/EG

1.100

1.161

1.259

Ti0₂(100 nm)/DIW

1.003

1.067

1.187

Si0₂(100 nm)/EG

1.000

1.037

1.082

Cu(75 nm)/DIW

1.340

Cu(150 nm)/DIW

1.164

Effective Nusselt number of all simulated nanofluids is tabulated and shown here.

Kondaraju and Lee Nanoscale Research Letters 2011 6:239   doi:10.1186/1556-276X-6-239