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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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Cooling performance of nanofluid submerged vs. nanofluid circulated battery thermal management systems
TL;DR: In this paper, two ways of arranging cooling components: liquid filled battery cooling systems (LfBS) and liquid circulated battery cooling system (LcBS) are presented for both water and nanofluid as cooling media at 2C and 4C discharge rates.
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Mixed convection heat transfer from surface-mounted block heat sources in a horizontal channel with nanofluids
Mohammad Hemmat Esfe,Ali Akbar Abbasian Arani,Amir Hossein Niroumand,Wei-Mon Yan,Arash Karimipour +4 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented laminar mixed convection flow of Al 2 O 3 /water nanofluids in a horizontal channel where two hot obstacles are mounted on the bottom wall.
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Thermal conductivity of aqueous Al2O3/Ag hybrid nanofluid at different temperatures and volume concentrations: An experimental investigation and development of new correlation function
TL;DR: In this paper, an experimental investigation on heat transfer characteristics of aqueous Al2O3/Ag hybrid nanofluids is presented, and a new correlation for predicting the thermal conductivity has been proposed.
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Parametric analysis and optimization of an Organic Rankine Cycle with nanofluid based solar parabolic trough collectors
TL;DR: In this article, an organic rankine cycle (ORC) driven by solar parabolic trough collectors (PTCs) is examined system and four different nanoparticles are examined (Al2O3, CuO, TiO2 and Cu) in the base fluid (Syltherm 800), as well as the pure thermal oil is examined as working fluid.
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Heat transfer and flow characteristics of AL2O3–water nanofluid in a double tube heat exchanger
TL;DR: In this paper, an experimental study was carried out in order to find out the effects of Al2O3 nanofluid with a mean diameter of 20nm on heat transfer, pressure drop and thermal performance of a double tubes heat exchanger.
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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
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