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, a flow of magnetite nanoliquid by nonlinear stretching sheet is considered and the velocity, temperature, entropy generation, Bejan number, skin friction and heat transfer rate are discussed.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the performance of a flat plate solar collector using water and nanofluids as working fluids was compared with the conventional water and carbon dioxide as the working fluid, and the results revealed that water and nano-fluids increased the energy efficiency by 83.5% for 0.1% and 0.3% for up to 20.3%.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of nano-particle size, their volume fraction, temperature, aspect ratio, base-fluid, nano inclusions, additive, and pH on thermal conductivity of hybrid nano-fluids is investigated.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of Aluminium oxide (Al 2 O 3 )-water nanofluid, as working fluid, is used to evaluate the thermal efficiency of a flat plate solar collector, experimentally.
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