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Experimental investigation on thermal conductivity and viscosity of aluminum nitride nanofluid

Wei Yu, +3 more
- 01 Apr 2011 - 
- Vol. 9, Iss: 2, pp 187-191
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In this paper, aluminum nitride nanoparticles (AlNs) have been found to be a good additive for enhancing the thermal conductivity of traditional heat exchange fluids, at a volume fraction of 0.1.
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This article is published in Particuology.The article was published on 2011-04-01. It has received 159 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Nanofluid & Ethylene glycol.

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Latest developments on the viscosity of nanofluids

TL;DR: In this paper, a detailed review on theoretical models/correlations of conventional models related to nanofluid viscosity is presented, and the existing experimental results about the Nanofluids viscoities show clearly that viscoity augmented accordingly with an increase of volume concentration and decreased with the temperature rise.
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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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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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Experimental investigation on convective heat transfer and rheological characteristics of Cu–TiO2 hybrid nanofluids

TL;DR: In this article, an experimental study has been carried out to investigate the heat transfer potential and rheological characteristics of copper-titania hybrid nanofluids (HyNF) using a tube in the tube type counter flow heat exchanger.
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An experimental study on the effect of diameter on thermal conductivity and dynamic viscosity of Fe/water nanofluids

TL;DR: In this paper, different nanofluids were developed by mixing a water base fluid with magnetic nanoparticles, and thermal properties such as thermal conductivity and viscosity of the obtained nanoparticles were investigated.
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Investigation on Convective Heat Transfer and Flow Features of Nanofluids

TL;DR: In this article, an innovative new class of heat transfer fluids can be engineered by suspending metallic nanoparticles in conventional heat-transfer fluids, which are expected to exhibit high thermal conductivities compared to those of currently used heat transfer fluid, and they represent the best hope for enhancing heat transfer.
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Thermal Conductivity of Nanoparticle -Fluid Mixture

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors measured the effective thermal conductivity of mixtures of Al 2O3 and CuO, dispersed in water, vacuum pump, engine oil, and ethylene glycol.
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Heat transfer characteristics of nanofluids: a review

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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Experimental investigation into convective heat transfer of nanofluids at the entrance region under laminar flow conditions

TL;DR: In this article, an experimental work on the convective heat transfer of nanofluids, made of γ-Al2O3 nanoparticles and de-ionized water, flowing through a copper tube in the laminar flow regime was conducted.
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