Enhancing thermal conductivity of fluids with nano-particles
01 Jan 1995-Vol. 231, pp 99-105
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TL;DR: In this article, the collective influence of thermal radiation and convection flow of Cu-water nanofluid due to a stretching cylinder in a porous medium along with viscous dissipation and slip boundary conditions was examined.
Abstract: The purpose of the present work is to examine the collective influence of thermal radiation and convection flow of Cu-water nanofluid due to a stretching cylinder in a porous medium along with viscous dissipation and slip boundary conditions. The governing non-linear ODEs and auxiliary boundary conditions those obtained by applying assisting similarity transformations have been handled numerically with shooting scheme through Runge-Kutta-integration procedure of fourth-fifth order. The non-dimensional velocity and temperature distribution are designed and also skin friction coefficient as well as heat transfer rate are tabulated for various values of relatable parameters. The results explain that Nusselt number depreciates with boost in radiation parameter, thermal slip parameter and Eckert number. Moreover, it is accelerated with increase in velocity slip parameter and natural convection parameter. The results are distinguished via published ones and excellent accord has been detected.
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TL;DR: Nanofluids are solid/liquid suspensions of higher thermal conductivity and viscosity compared to common working fluids as mentioned in this paper, and their application in heat transfer enhancement is prospective. But their performance is limited.
Abstract: Application of nanofluids in heat transfer enhancement is prospective. They are solid/liquid suspensions of higher thermal conductivity and viscosity compared to common working fluids. A number of ...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reviewed all the published studies about mixed convection of nanofluids in enclosures and categorized them into four main classes, namely square (and rectangular), triangular, trapezoidal, and unconventional shapes.
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...Choi and Eastman [14] developed a suspension of nanoparticles with diameters below than 100 nm and distilled water, for the first time....
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...[14] S.U.S. Choi, J.A. Eastman, Enhancing Thermal Conductivity of Fluids with Nanoparticles, 1995....
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