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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 review on preparation, characterization, properties and applications of nanofluids
TL;DR: In this paper, the preparation of metal and metal oxides nanofluids and hybrid or composite nano-fluids is discussed, and various techniques used to study the physical and chemical characteristics of nanof-luids are presented.
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A review on thermophysical properties of nanofluids and heat transfer applications
TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarized the important results regarding the improvement in the thermophysical properties of nanofluids and identified the opportunities for future research in the field of nanophotonics.
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Review on thermal properties of nanofluids: Recent developments.
S. A. Angayarkanni,John Philip +1 more
TL;DR: The preparation of nanofluids by various techniques, methods of stabilization, stability measurement techniques, thermal conductivity and heat capacity studies, proposed mechanisms of heat transport, theoretical models on thermal Conductivity, factors influencing k and the effect of nanoinclusions in PCM are discussed in this review.
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A review of recent advances in thermophysical properties at the nanoscale: From solid state to colloids
Lin Qiu,Lin Qiu,Ning Zhu,Yanhui Feng,Efstathios E. Michaelides,Gaweł Żyła,Dengwei Jing,Xinxin Zhang,Pamela M. Norris,Christos N. Markides,Omid Mahian +10 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of recent advances in the measurement and modeling of thermophysical properties at the nanoscale (from the solid state to colloids) is presented, including thermal conductivity, dynamic viscosity, specific heat capacity, and density.
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A state of the art review on viscosity of nanofluids
TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive review of research and development on rheological characteristics of nanofluids for their advanced heat transfer applications is performed and reported in this paper, which identifies the research anomaly and importance on this topic besides analysing rheology of nanophluids.
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Mechanisms of heat flow in suspensions of nano-sized particles (nanofluids)
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore four possible explanations for the anomalous thermal conductivity of nanofluids: Brownian motion of the particles, molecular-level layering of the liquid at the liquid/particle interface, the nature of heat transport in the nanoparticles, and the effects of nanoparticle clustering.
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Heat transfer characteristics of nanofluids: a review
Xiang-Qi Wang,Arun S. Mujumdar +1 more
TL;DR: A review on fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics of nanofluids in forced and free convection flows is presented in this article, where the authors identify opportunities for future research.
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Alteration of thermal conductivity and viscosity of liquid by dispersing ultra-fine particles. dispersion of al2o3, sio2 and tio2 ultra-fine particles
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The effect of Brownian motion on the bulk stress in a suspension of spherical particles
TL;DR: In this article, the effect of Brownian motion on the probability density of the separation vector of rigid spherical particles in a dilute suspension is investigated and an explicit expression for this leading approximation is constructed in terms of hydrodynamic interactions between pairs of particles.
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The Role of Interfacial Layers in the Enhanced Thermal Conductivity of Nanofluids: A Renovated Maxwell Model
Wenhua Yu,S.U.S. Choi +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors modified the Maxwell equation for the effective thermal conductivity of solid/liquid suspensions to include the effect of this ordered nanolayer, which has been shown to have a major impact on nanofluid thermal conductivities when the particle diameter is less than 10 nm.