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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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Effect of volume fraction and size of Al2O3 nanoparticles in thermal, frictional and economic performance of circumferential corrugated helical tube
Haoran Wei,Hazim Moria,Kottakkaran Sooppy Nisar,Raymond Ghandour,Alibek Issakhov,Alibek Issakhov,Yu-Liang Sun,Amr Kaood,Mohammad Mehdizadeh Youshanlouei +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of Al 2 O 3 nano-particle on the economic, thermal and entropic and beneficial of the coiled heat exchanger tube was investigated.
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Heat transfer performance of a nanofluid-filled tube with wall corrugations and center-cleared twisted-tape inserts
TL;DR: In this article, the authors numerically examine the thermal performance of a round tubular heat exchanger featuring a combination of three passive techniques for heat transfer enhancement: (i) center-cleared twisted-tape, (ii) center cleared twisted tape, and (iii) twisted taping.
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Analysis of Convective Heat Transfer Enhancement by Nanofluids: Single-Phase and Two-Phase Treatments
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide extensive theoretical information concerning nanofluids in the single-phase and two-phase treatments, and the results are given in graphical and tabular forms.
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Numerical Study of Mixed Convection of the Nanofluids in Two-Sided Lid-Driven Square Cavity with a Pair of Triangular Heating Cylinders
TL;DR: In this article, a numerical study is carried out concerning mixed convection of the nanofluid in two-sided lid-driven square cavity with a pair of triangular heat sources.
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Analysis of flow and heat transfer characteristics of nanofluids surface tension driven convection in a rectangular cavity
Yanni Jiang,Xiaoming Zhou +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the analysis of flow and heat transfer of nanofluids surface tension driven convection in a rectangular cavity, in which two types of distilled water-Al2O3 and PGW(60% propylene glycol and 40% water by mass)-ZnO are considered, and the two-phase Mixture model is used to simulate the nanoftluids flow.
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The Viscosity of Concentrated Suspensions and Solutions
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