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Heat transfer enhancement using Al2O3–water nanofluid for an electronic liquid cooling system

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In this article, the authors investigated the behavior and heat transfer enhancement of a particular nanofluid, Al2O3 nanoparticle-water mixture, flowing inside a closed system that is destined for cooling of microprocessors or other electronic components.
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This article is published in Applied Thermal Engineering.The article was published on 2007-06-01. It has received 575 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Nanofluid & Heat transfer enhancement.

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Experimental investigation of diameter effect on heat transfer performance and pressure drop of TiO2–water nanofluid

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of mean diameter of nanoparticles on the convective heat transfer and pressure drop studied at nanoparticle volume concentration from 0.01 to 0.02 by volume.
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The Viscosity of Nanofluids: A Review of the Theoretical, Empirical, and Numerical Models

TL;DR: In this article, a critical review of the theoretical, empirical, and numerical models for effective viscosity of nanofluids is presented, and different parameters affecting the visco-lasticity of nanoparticles such as nanoparticle volume fraction, size, shape, temperature, pH, and shearing rate are reviewed.
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Effects of heat generation/absorption on stagnation point flow of nanofluid over a surface with convective boundary conditions

TL;DR: In this paper, the stagnation point flow of nanofluid near a permeable stretched surface with convective boundary condition is analyzed in the presence of porous medium and internal heat generation/absorption.
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Review on nanofluids characterization, heat transfer characteristics and applications

TL;DR: A review of the most recent studies on nanofluid in the literatures is presented in this article, where the authors take into account the contributions of different researchers available in open literature on different aspects of Nanofluids such as thermal conductivity, viscosity, experimental, numerical studies on heat transfer performances and applications.
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Thermal conductivity enhancement of COOH-functionalized MWCNTs/ethylene glycol–water nanofluid for application in heating and cooling systems

TL;DR: In this article, an experimental investigation on the effects of temperature and nanotubes concentration on the thermal conductivity of MWCNTs/EG-water (40:60 vol.%) nanofluids is presented.
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Hydrodynamic and heat transfer study of dispersed fluids with submicron metallic oxide particles

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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Anomalously increased effective thermal conductivities of ethylene glycol-based nanofluids containing copper nanoparticles

TL;DR: In this paper, it was shown that a "nanofluid" consisting of copper nanometer-sized particles dispersed in ethylene glycol has a much higher effective thermal conductivity than either pure or pure glycol or even polyethylene glycol containing the same volume fraction of dispersed oxide nanoparticles.
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Anomalous thermal conductivity enhancement in nanotube suspensions

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors have produced nanotube-in-oil suspensions and measured their effective thermal conductivity, which is anomalously greater than theoretical predictions and is nonlinear with nanotubes loadings.
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Conceptions for heat transfer correlation of nanofluids

TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed two different approaches for deriving heat transfer correlation of the nanofluid, and investigated the mechanism of heat transfer enhancement of the nano-fluid.
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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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