A review on the heat and mass transfer phenomena in nanofluid coolants with special focus on automotive applications

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews - Tập 60 - Trang 1615-1633 - 2016
Masoud Bozorg Bigdeli1,2, Matteo Fasano2, Annalisa Cardellini2, Eliodoro Chiavazzo2, Pietro Asinari2
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G8, Canada
2Dipartimento di Energia, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy

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