Advances in Mechanical Engineering
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 172085, 4 pages
doi:10.1155/2010/172085
Research Article

On the Specific Heat Capacity of CuO Nanofluid

Le-Ping Zhou,1 Bu-Xuan Wang,2 Xiao-Feng Peng,2 Xiao-Ze Du,1 and Yong-Ping Yang1

1School of Energy and Power, Key Laboratory of Condition Monitoring and Control for Power Plant Equipment of Ministry of Education, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
2Thermal Engineering Department, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

Received 14 April 2009; Revised 28 June 2009; Accepted 29 August 2009

Academic Editor: Oronzio Manca

Copyright © 2010 Le-Ping Zhou et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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