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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:
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Heat transfer and flow analysis of Al2O3-Water nanofluids in interrupted microchannel heat sink with ellipse and diamond ribs in the transverse microchambers
TL;DR: In this article, a three-dimensional numerical simulation of an interrupted microchannel heat sink is performed to investigate the pressure drop and heat transfer characteristics of a nanofluid flow.
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Numerical study of a photovoltaic/thermal hybrid system with nanofluid based spectral beam filters
TL;DR: In this article, a 3D numerical simulation of a flat-plate photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) hybrid system using a nanofluid as the solar spectrum filter is presented.
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Mixed convection enhancement by using optimized porous media and nanofluid in a cavity with two rotating cylinders
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of multi-block porous media and nanoparticles addition to the base fluid on the average Nusselt number was studied in various conditions and the optimal distribution of pore size in the porous media was determined in a manner to maximize the heat transfer rate using the pattern search optimization algorithm.
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FEM-CBS algorithm for convective transport of nanofluids in inclined enclosures filled with anisotropic non-Darcy porous media using LTNEM
TL;DR: In this paper, a Galerkin finite element method based on the characteristic-based split (CBS) scheme is applied to simulate the nanofluid flow and thermal fields inside an inclined geometry filled by a heat-generating hydrodynamically and thermally anisotropic non-Darcy porous medium using the local thermal non-equilibrium model.
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MHD mixed convection flow and heat transfer in an open C-shaped enclosure using water-copper oxide nanofluid
TL;DR: In this paper, the steady mixed convection flow and heat transfer of water-copper oxide nanofluid in an open C-shaped enclosure is investigated numerically, where the enclosure is under constant magnetic field.
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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.