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A comprehensive review of thermo-physical properties and convective heat transfer to nanofluids

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In this paper, the authors present an updated review of properties of nanofluids, such as physical (thermal conductivity) and rheological properties, with emphasis on their heat transfer enhancement characteristics.
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This article is published in Energy.The article was published on 2015-09-01. It has received 229 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Nanofluids in solar collectors & Nanofluid.

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A Benchmark Study on the Thermal Conductivity of Nanofluids

TL;DR: The International Nanofluid Property Benchmark Exercise (INPBE) as discussed by the authors was held in 1998, where the thermal conductivity of identical samples of colloidally stable dispersions of nanoparticles or "nanofluids" was measured by over 30 organizations worldwide, using a variety of experimental approaches, including the transient hot wire method, steady state methods, and optical methods.
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A review on thermophysical properties of nanofluids and heat transfer applications

TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarized the important results regarding the improvement in the thermophysical properties of nanofluids and identified the opportunities for future research in the field of nanophotonics.
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State-of-art review on hybrid nanofluids

TL;DR: In this paper, a review summarizes the contemporary investigations on synthesis, thermo-physical properties, heat transfer characteristics, hydrodynamic behavior and fluid flow characteristics reported by researchers on different hybrid nanofluids.
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Heat transfer characteristics in nanofluid—A review

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors summarized the current research in the nanofluid studies on convective heat transfer performance, thermo-physical properties, effect of fluid temperature, inlet velocity, use of surfactant for better stability of nanoflids, particle size, and volume concentration effects.
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On the evaluation of the viscosity of nanofluid systems: Modeling and data assessment

TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive review of the most important modeling works on viscosity of nanofluids including theoretical models, empirical correlations, and computer-aided models is conducted.
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Superior Thermal Conductivity of Single-Layer Graphene

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