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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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Fluid flow and heat transfer analysis of nanofluid jet cooling on a hot surface with various roughness
TL;DR: In this article, the cooling impacts of nanofluid on a hot surface was numerically compared with base fluid, and the accuracy of the results was validated with available experimental data.
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Effects of Rib Shapes on Heat Transfer Characteristics of Turbulent Flow of Al2O3-Water Nanofluid inside Ribbed Tubes
TL;DR: In this article, a single-phase approach has been employed to model the nanofluid and the optimum geometric ratio and volume fraction were calculated using entropy generation minimization technique for each rib shape.
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Numerical investigation of turbulent forced convection flow of nano fluid in curved and helical pipe using four-equation model
TL;DR: In this paper, turbulent flow in curved tube and helically coiled tubes is numerically investigated in developing flow. And the results illustrate a better agreement of these models with experimental data, in comparison with homogeneous model.
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The effect of particle size and base liquid on thermo-physical properties of ethylene and diethylene glycol based copper micro- and nanofluids
TL;DR: In this article, a series of stable Cu NFs and MFs with various NP/MP concentration (1, 2 and 3 ) were fabricated by dispersing Cu NPs and Cu MPs in EG and DEG as the base liquids.
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Onset of thermomagnetic convection around a vertically oriented hot-wire in ferrofluid
TL;DR: In this article, the onset of thermomagnetic convection in ferrofluid in a vertical transient hot-wire cell is analyzed by studying the temperature rise of an electrically-heated wire.
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Investigation on Convective Heat Transfer and Flow Features of Nanofluids
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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.