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The Cheng–Minkowycz problem for the double-diffusive natural convective boundary layer flow in a porous medium saturated by a nanofluid
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In this article, an analytical treatment of double-diffusive nanofluid convection in a porous medium is presented, where the base fluid is itself a binary fluid such as salty water.About:
This article is published in International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.The article was published on 2011-01-15. It has received 220 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Nanofluid & Natural convection.read more
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A review of entropy generation in nanofluid flow
Omid Mahian,Ali Kianifar,Clement Kleinstreuer,Moh'd A. Al-Nimr,Ioan Pop,Ahmet Z. Sahin,Somchai Wongwises +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, a review of the literature on entropy generation due to flow and heat transfer of nanofluids in different geometries and flow regimes is presented, and some suggestions for future work are presented.
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Nanofluid flow and heat transfer in porous media: A review of the latest developments
Alibakhsh Kasaeian,Reza Daneshazarian,Omid Mahian,Lioua Kolsi,Ali J. Chamkha,Somchai Wongwises,Ioan Pop +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive review is conducted on the simultaneous application of nanofluids and porous media for heat transfer enhancement purposes in thermal systems with different structures, flow regimes, and boundary conditions.
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Numerical study of MHD boundary layer flow of a Maxwell fluid past a stretching sheet in the presence of nanoparticles
TL;DR: In this article, the effects of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) and elasticity on the flow are considered, and the effect of nanoparticles are also investigated Similarity transformations are presented to convert the governing nonlinear partial differential equation into coupled ordinary differential equations.
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Review of convection heat transfer and fluid flow in porous media with nanofluid
TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarize the published articles in respect to porosity, permeability (K) and inertia coefficient (Cf) and effective thermal conductivity (keff) for porous media, also on the thermophysical properties of nanofluid and the studies on convection heat transfer in porous media with nanoparticles having dimensions of (1-100) nm.
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Radiation effect on viscous flow of a nanofluid and heat transfer over a nonlinearly stretching sheet
TL;DR: This work studies the flow and heat transfer characteristics of a viscous nanofluid over a nonlinearly stretching sheet in the presence of thermal radiation, included in the energy equation, and variable wall temperature.
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The Cheng–Minkowycz problem for natural convective boundary-layer flow in a porous medium saturated by a nanofluid
TL;DR: In this article, the Cheng-Minkowycz problem of natural convection past a vertical plate, in a porous medium saturated by a nanofluid, is studied analytically.
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