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A review of nanofluid stability properties and characterization in stationary conditions
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In this article, the stability of nanofluids is discussed as it has a major role in heat transfer enhancement for further possible applications, and general stabilization methods as well as various types of instruments for stability inspection.About:
This article is published in International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.The article was published on 2011-08-01. It has received 948 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Nanofluid.read more
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Solar-driven interfacial evaporation
TL;DR: Tao et al. as discussed by the authors discuss the development of the key components for achieving high-performance evaporation, including solar absorbers and structures, thermal insulators and thermal concentrators.
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A review of the applications of nanofluids in solar energy
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the effects of nanofluids on the performance of solar collectors and solar water heaters from the efficiency, economic and environmental considerations viewpoints, and made some suggestions to use the nanoparticles in different solar thermal systems such as photovoltaic/thermal systems, solar ponds, solar thermoelectric cells, and so on.
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A review on hybrid nanofluids: Recent research, development and applications
TL;DR: In this paper, a review summarizes recent researches on synthesis, thermophysical properties, heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics, possible applications and challenges of hybrid nanofluids, and showed that proper hybridization may make the hybrid nanoparticles very promising for heat transfer enhancement, however, lot of research works are still needed in the fields of preparation and stability, characterization and applications to overcome the challenges.
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Small particles, big impacts: A review of the diverse applications of nanofluids
Robert A. Taylor,Sylvain Coulombe,Todd Otanicar,Patrick E. Phelan,Andrey Gunawan,Wei Lv,Gary Rosengarten,Ravi Prasher,Himanshu Tyagi +8 more
TL;DR: Nanofluids have seen enormous growth in popularity since they were proposed by Choi in 1995 as mentioned in this paper, and there were nearly 700 research articles where the term nanofluid was used in the title, showing rapid growth from 2006 (175) and 2001 (10).
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Recent advances in modeling and simulation of nanofluid flows-Part I: Fundamentals and theory
Omid Mahian,Omid Mahian,Omid Mahian,Lioua Kolsi,Mohammad Amani,Patrice Estellé,Goodarz Ahmadi,Clement Kleinstreuer,Jeffrey S. Marshall,Majid Siavashi,Robert A. Taylor,Hamid Niazmand,Somchai Wongwises,Somchai Wongwises,Tasawar Hayat,Tasawar Hayat,Arun V. Kolanjiyil,Alibakhsh Kasaeian,Ioan Pop +18 more
TL;DR: A review of the latest developments in modeling of nanofluid flows and heat transfer with an emphasis on 3D simulations can be found in this paper, where the main models used to calculate the thermophysical properties of Nanofluids are reviewed.
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