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Nanofluids for Enhanced Economics and Safety of Nuclear Reactors: An Evaluation of the Potential Features, Issues, and Research Gaps
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Nanofluids are engineered colloidal suspensions of nanoparticles in water and exhibit a very significant enhancement (up to 200%) of the boiling critical heat flux (CHF) at modest nanoparticle conc...Abstract:
Nanofluids are engineered colloidal suspensions of nanoparticles in water and exhibit a very significant enhancement (up to 200%) of the boiling critical heat flux (CHF) at modest nanoparticle conc...read more
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A review on nanofluids: preparation, stability mechanisms, and applications
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarized the recent progress on the study of nanofluids, such as the preparation methods, the evaluation methods for the stability of nanometrics, and the ways to enhance the stability for nanofl fluids, and presented the broad range of current and future applications in various fields including energy and mechanical and biomedical fields.
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Applications of Nanofluids: Current and Future:
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe suspensions of nanoparticles in fluids that show significant enhancement of their properties at modest nanoparticle concentrations, i.e., at nanoparticles' concentrations.
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Nanofluids: from vision to reality through research
TL;DR: Nanofluids are a new class of nanotechnology-based heat transfer fluids engineered by dispersing and stably suspending nanoparticles with typical length on the order of 1-50 nm in traditional heat transfer fluid.
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State-of-art review on hybrid nanofluids
TL;DR: In this paper, a review summarizes the contemporary investigations on synthesis, thermo-physical properties, heat transfer characteristics, hydrodynamic behavior and fluid flow characteristics reported by researchers on different hybrid nanofluids.
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Towards hybrid nanofluids: Preparation, thermophysical properties, applications, and challenges
Hamza Babar,Hafiz Muhammad Ali +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors seek the attention of young scholars and experts working in the field of heat transfer by discussing the applications and challenges of hybrid nanofluids with a concise discussion on its history, synthesis techniques, thermophysical properties, research gaps, future directions, current status, and the leading groups, organizations and countries around the world.
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Convective Transport in Nanofluids
TL;DR: In this article, the authors considered seven slip mechanisms that can produce a relative velocity between the nanoparticles and the base fluid and concluded that only Brownian diffusion and thermophoresis are important slip mechanisms in nanofluids.
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Pool boiling characteristics of nano-fluids
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the role of transient conduction in pool boiling and concluded that the change of surface characteristics during boiling due to trapped particles on the surface is the cause for the shift of the boiling characteristics in the negative direction.
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Effect of nanoparticles on critical heat flux of water in pool boiling heat transfer
TL;DR: In this paper, the critical heat flux (CHF) in pool boiling from a flat square heater immersed in nanofluid (water mixed with extremely small amount of nanosized particles) was investigated.
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Surface wettability change during pool boiling of nanofluids and its effect on critical heat flux
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors studied the pool boiling characteristics of dilute dispersions of alumina, zirconia and silica nanoparticles in water and found that a significant enhancement in critical heat flux (CHF) can be achieved at modest nanoparticle concentrations (< 0.1% by volume).