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Effect of aggregation on the viscosity of copper oxide–gear oil nanofluids
Madhusree Kole,T.K. Dey +1 more
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In this paper, the viscosity of the stable nanofluids, prepared by dispersing 40-nm diameter spherical CuO nanoparticles in gear oil, was investigated.About:
This article is published in International Journal of Thermal Sciences.The article was published on 2011-09-01. It has received 262 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Nanofluid & Viscosity.read more
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Latest developments on the viscosity of nanofluids
TL;DR: In this paper, a detailed review on theoretical models/correlations of conventional models related to nanofluid viscosity is presented, and the existing experimental results about the Nanofluids viscoities show clearly that viscoity augmented accordingly with an increase of volume concentration and decreased with the temperature rise.
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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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An updated review on application of nanofluids in heat exchangers for saving energy
Ahmad Hajatzadeh Pordanjani,Saeed Aghakhani,Masoud Afrand,Boshra Mahmoudi,Omid Mahian,Somchai Wongwises,Somchai Wongwises +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a review on application of nanofluids in heat exchangers has been addressed, and it can be concluded that the use of nanophotonics in most cases improves heat transfer, which reduces the volume of heat exchanger, saving energy, consequently water consumption and industrial waste.
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A state of the art review on viscosity of nanofluids
TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive review of research and development on rheological characteristics of nanofluids for their advanced heat transfer applications is performed and reported in this paper, which identifies the research anomaly and importance on this topic besides analysing rheology of nanophluids.
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Effects of temperature and solid volume fraction on viscosity of SiO2-MWCNTs/SAE40 hybrid nanofluid as a coolant and lubricant in heat engines
TL;DR: In this article, an experimental investigation on the effects of temperature and concentration of nanoparticles on the dynamic viscosity of SiO 2 -MWCNTs/engine oil (SAE40) hybrid nanofluid is presented.
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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.
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Measuring Thermal Conductivity of Fluids Containing Oxide Nanoparticles
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Buoyancy-driven heat transfer enhancement in a two-dimensional enclosure utilizing nanofluids
TL;DR: In this article, a model is developed to analyze heat transfer performance of nanofluids inside an enclosure taking into account the solid particle dispersion, where the transport equations are solved numerically using the finite-volume approach along with the alternating direct implicit procedure.
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Heat transfer enhancement of nanofluids
Yimin Xuan,Qiang Li +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a procedure for preparing a nanofluid which is a suspension consisting of nanophase powders and a base liquid, and their TEM photographs are given to illustrate the stability and evenness of suspension.
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