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A review of entropy generation in nanofluid flow

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In this article, a review of the literature on entropy generation due to flow and heat transfer of nanofluids in different geometries and flow regimes is presented, and some suggestions for future work are presented.
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This article is published in International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.The article was published on 2013-10-01. It has received 416 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Nanofluid & Heat transfer.

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Nanofluid flow and heat transfer in porous media: A review of the latest developments

TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive review is conducted on the simultaneous application of nanofluids and porous media for heat transfer enhancement purposes in thermal systems with different structures, flow regimes, and boundary conditions.
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Applications of nanofluids in solar energy: A review of recent advances

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the recent advances in the nanofluids' applications in solar energy systems, i.e., solar collectors, photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) systems, solar thermoelectric devices, solar water heaters, solar-geothermal combined cooling heating and power system (CCHP), evaporative cooling for greenhouses, and water desalination.
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Viscosity of nanofluids: A review of recent experimental studies

TL;DR: In this article, the authors made an attempt to cover the latest experimental studies performed on the viscosity of nanofluids and found that the real effects of volume fraction, temperature, particle size, and shape on the viscous properties of nanoparticles can be determined through experiments.
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Review on heat conduction, heat convection, thermal radiation and phase change heat transfer of nanofluids in porous media: Fundamentals and applications

TL;DR: In this article, the authors focused on various flow and heat transfer modes of nanofluid, metal foam and the combination of the two, with the physical properties of nanophluid and metal foam summarized.
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Berechnung verschiedener physikalischer Konstanten von heterogenen Substanzen. I. Dielektrizitätskonstanten und Leitfähigkeiten der Mischkörper aus isotropen Substanzen

TL;DR: In this article, the Berechnung der dielektrizitatatkonstanten and der Leitfahigkeiten fur Elektriatitat and Warme der Mischkorper aus isotropen Bestandteilen behandelt.
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Investigation on Convective Heat Transfer and Flow Features of Nanofluids

TL;DR: In this article, an innovative new class of heat transfer fluids can be engineered by suspending metallic nanoparticles in conventional heat-transfer fluids, which are expected to exhibit high thermal conductivities compared to those of currently used heat transfer fluid, and they represent the best hope for enhancing heat transfer.
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Thermodynamics : An Engineering Approach

TL;DR: The first law of thermodynamics -closed systems, control volumes, and the second law of entropy -a measure of disorder energy -are the properties of pure substances of high-speed fluid flow as mentioned in this paper.
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The Viscosity of Concentrated Suspensions and Solutions

TL;DR: In this paper, an expression for the viscosity of solutions and suspensions of finite concentration is derived by considering the effect of the addition of one solute-molecule to an existing solution, which is considered as a continuous medium.