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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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A comprehensive analysis on advances in application of solar collectors considering design, process and working fluid parameters for solar to thermal conversion
TL;DR: In this article, a review is presented focusing on synergistic approaches, processes, design criterions and advances in working fluids to achieve optimum thermal and exergy efficiency for solar collectors mainly flat plate solar collectors, evacuated tube collectors and concentrating collectors.
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Experimental investigation of heat transfer enhancement and viscosity change of hBN nanofluids
TL;DR: In this paper, a series of well dispersed, stable nanofluids, containing hBN nanoparticles with a mean diameter of 70nm, are produced with a two-step method, relying on ultrasonication and use of surface active materials such as sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP).
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Heat transfer and pressure drop correlations of nanofluids: A state of art review
Tehmina Ambreen,Man-Hoe Kim +1 more
TL;DR: A review of the research progress in the development of heat transfer and pressure drop correlations for nanofluids under miscellaneous geometrical, operating and boundary conditions is presented in this paper.
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A comprehensive comparison of various CFD models for convective heat transfer of Al2O3 nanofluid inside a heated tube
TL;DR: In this article, a case study of the laminar forced convection flow of Al2O3/water nanofluid with 1.6% volume fraction and Re = 1600 in a heated tube is presented, where four types of single-phase models, including Newtonian and non-Newtonian single phase models with assessing the effect of two different thermal dispersion models based on velocity and temperature gradient are compared.
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Hybrid thermal management of lithium-ion batteries using nanofluid, metal foam, and phase change material: an integrated numerical–experimental approach
TL;DR: In this paper, a hybrid thermal management system is designed and further investigated numerically and experimentally in the present study, where a passive cooling system is fabricated by saturating copper foam with paraffin as the phase change material (PCM) and integrated with an active cooling system with alumina nanofluid as the coolant fluid.
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A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism
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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.