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Irreversibility analysis of a vertical annulus using TiO2/water nanofluid with MHD flow effects
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In this article, an analytical study of the second law of thermodynamics is performed for the flow and heat transfer of TiO2/water nanofluid in a vertical annulus with isoflux walls and under the influence of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) field.About:
This article is published in International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.The article was published on 2013-09-01. It has received 81 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Nanofluid & Hartmann number.read more
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Recent advances in modeling and simulation of nanofluid flows—Part II: Applications
Omid Mahian,Omid Mahian,Omid Mahian,Lioua Kolsi,Mohammad Amani,Patrice Estellé,Goodarz Ahmadi,Clement Kleinstreuer,Jeffrey S. Marshall,Robert A. Taylor,Eiyad Abu-Nada,Saman Rashidi,Hamid Niazmand,Somchai Wongwises,Somchai Wongwises,Tasawar Hayat,Tasawar Hayat,Alibakhsh Kasaeian,Ioan Pop +18 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a review of the main computational methods for solving the transport equations associated with nanofluid flow, including finite difference, finite volume, finite element, lattice Boltzmann methods, and Lagrangian methods.
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Brownian motion and thermophoresis effects on slip flow of alumina/water nanofluid inside a circular microchannel in the presence of a magnetic field
TL;DR: In this paper, a modified two-component four-equation nonhomogeneous equilibrium model was employed for nanofluids, which fully accounted for the effect of the nanoparticle volume fraction distribution.
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Entropy generation during Al2O3/water nanofluid flow in a solar collector: Effects of tube roughness, nanoparticle size, and different thermophysical models
TL;DR: In this article, an analytical study is performed on the entropy generation and heat transfer due to nanofluid flow in a flat plate solar collector, and the results are presented for constant mass flow rates ranging from 0.1 to 0.8 kg/s.
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MHD natural convection in an inclined wavy cavity with corner heater filled with a nanofluid
TL;DR: In this paper, a mathematical model of MHD free convection in an inclined wavy enclosure filled with a Cu-water nanofluid in the presence of an isothermal corner heater has been carried out.
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Experimental study on the effect of inclination angle on heat transfer enhancement of a ferrofluid in a closed loop oscillating heat pipe under magnetic field
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of Fe2O3/Kerosene nanofluid to the copper closed-loop oscillating heat pipe under the magnetic field for inclination angles ranging from 0° to 90°, under different heat inputs (10 − 90 W).
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Investigation on Convective Heat Transfer and Flow Features of Nanofluids
Yimin Xuan,Qiang Li +1 more
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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TL;DR: The first law of thermodynamics -closed systems, control volumes, and the second law of entropy -a measure of disorder energy -are the properties of pure substances of high-speed fluid flow as mentioned in this paper.
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The Viscosity of Concentrated Suspensions and Solutions
TL;DR: In this paper, an expression for the viscosity of solutions and suspensions of finite concentration is derived by considering the effect of the addition of one solute-molecule to an existing solution, which is considered as a continuous medium.
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Buoyancy-driven heat transfer enhancement in a two-dimensional enclosure utilizing nanofluids
TL;DR: In this article, a model is developed to analyze heat transfer performance of nanofluids inside an enclosure taking into account the solid particle dispersion, where the transport equations are solved numerically using the finite-volume approach along with the alternating direct implicit procedure.
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A review on applications and challenges of nanofluids
TL;DR: It has been found nan ofluids have a much higher and strongly temperature-dependent thermal conductivity at very low particle concentrations than conventional fluids, which can be considered as one of the key parameters for enhanced performances for many of the applications of nanofluids.