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Empirical correlating equations for predicting the effective thermal conductivity and dynamic viscosity of nanofluids
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In this article, two empirical correlations for predicting the effective thermal conductivity and dynamic viscosity of nanofluids, based on a high number of experimental data available in the literature, are proposed and discussed.About:
This article is published in Energy Conversion and Management.The article was published on 2011-01-01. It has received 971 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Nanofluid & Volume fraction.read more
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Experimental study on the thermal control of a roof-top collective building antenna using a porous matrix filled with Water-Copper nanofluid
TL;DR: In this article , a roof-top collective building antenna was placed inside a concentric quasi-cylindrical cavity maintained at low temperature, and cooling was provided by a Water-Copper nanofluid saturated porous matrix placed between the antenna and the enclosure.
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Effect of alumina nanoparticle shape in a triangular porous array of heated periodic pin-fins
Mohd. Asif,Amit Dhiman +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of the shape of alumina nanoparticles on heat transfer across the periodic equilateral triangular array has been studied in the past, and four different shapes of nanoparticles were considered: spherical, cylindrical, bricks, and platelets.
Using nanofluids for proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) cooling in automotive applications
TL;DR: In this paper, the main focus of a PhD research project was to experimentally and theoretically study the effects of using nanofluids as PEMFCs coolants on the electrical and thermal performances of the system.
Single phase and two phase analysis of mixed convection of nanofluid flow in vertical rectangular duct under an asymmetric thermal boundary condition
TL;DR: The Single Phase and Two Phase Analysis of Mixed Convection of Nanofluid Flow in Vertical Rectangular Duct under an Asymmetric Thermal Boundary Condition, Modares Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 14, No. 13, pp. 47-58, 2015.
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Buoyancy-Induced Convection of Alumina-Water Nanofluids in Laterally Heated Vertical Slender Cavities
TL;DR: In this article, a double-diffusive approach is used to perform a numerical study of natural convection of alumina-water nanofluids in differentially heated vertical slender cavities.
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A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism
TL;DR: The most influential nineteenth-century scientist for twentieth-century physics, James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) demonstrated that electricity, magnetism and light are all manifestations of the same phenomenon: the electromagnetic field as discussed by the authors.
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Investigation on Convective Heat Transfer and Flow Features of Nanofluids
Yimin Xuan,Qiang Li +1 more
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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Hydrodynamic and heat transfer study of dispersed fluids with submicron metallic oxide particles
Bock Choon Pak,Young I. Cho +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a Brookfield rotating viscometer to measure the viscosities of the dispersed fluids with γ-alumina (Al2O3) and titanium dioxide (TiO2) particles at a 10% volume concentration.
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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.