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01 Jan 2016
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1,531 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, temperature dependent thermal conductivity in stagnation point flow toward a nonlinear stretched surface with variable thickness is considered, and convergence series solution for flow of Jeffrey fluid and heat and mass transfer are developed.

649 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, the effect of thermal radiation on Al2O3-water nanofluid flow and heat transfer in an enclosure with a constant flux heating element was explored.

398 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the thermal efficiency enhancement of the commercial parabolic collector by increasing the convective heat transfer coefficient between the working fluid and the absorber, and showed that the use of nanofluids increases the collector efficiency by 4.25% while the geometry improvement increases the efficiency by4.55%.

320 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a brief review of researches on nanofluid flow and heat transfer via semi-analytical and numerical methods and show that the Nusselt number is an increasing function of nanoparticle volume fraction.
Abstract: The use of additives in the base fluid like water or ethylene glycol is one of the techniques applied to augment the heat transfer. Newly an innovative nanometer sized particles have been dispersed in the base fluid in heat transfer fluids. The fluids containing the solid nanometer size particle dispersion are called ‘nanofluids’. Two main categories were discussed in detail as the single-phase modeling which the combination of nanoparticle and base fluid is considered as a single-phase mixture with steady properties and the two-phase modeling in which the nanoparticle properties and behaviors are considered separately from the base fluid properties and behaviors. Both single phase and two phase models have been presented in this paper. This paper intends to provide a brief review of researches on nanofluid flow and heat transfer via semi analytical and numerical methods. It was also found that Nusselt number is an increasing function of nanoparticle volume fraction, Rayleigh number and Reynolds number, while it is a decreasing function of Hartmann number.

308 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, the effects of the nanoparticle volumetric concentration and inlet fluid velocity on the efficiency and heat transfer enhancement of a water-cooled photovoltaic thermal collector were simulated.

271 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive review on the research progress on the enhancement of effective thermal conductivity and effective dynamic viscosity of nanofluids is presented, with the consideration of particle size valid in their experimental range.
Abstract: The determination of thermo-physical properties and especially thermal conductivity and viscosity were important for evaluating heat transfer coefficients either for single or two phase flow. The thermo-physical properties measurements and heat transfer observations were mostly obtained with nanoparticles above 10 nm. Various researchers measured and modelled for the determination of thermal conductivity and viscosity of nanofluids. Most of the investigators developed equations for the estimation of thermal conductivity and viscosity as a function of percentage volume concentration, temperature and sometimes with the consideration of particle size valid in their experimental range. Nanofluids are considered to have great potential for heat transfer enhancement and are applied in heat transfer processes. Many studies were carried out to investigate this phenomenon. The main aim of this study is to give a comprehensive review on the research progress on the enhancement of effective thermal conductivity and effective dynamic viscosity of nanofluids.

245 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a review of current and future liquid, gas, supercritical, two-phase and particulate heat transfer fluid (HTF) technologies for solar thermal power plants.
Abstract: The Heat transfer fluid (HTF) is a key component of solar thermal power plant because it significantly impacts the receiver efficiency, determines the type of thermodynamic cycle and the performance it can achieve, and determines the thermal energy storage technology that must be used. This paper reviews current and future liquid, gas, supercritical, two-phase and particulate HTFs. Thermophysical properties are presented as well as correlations to determine the receiver tube-HTF heat transfer coefficients. Variations of convective heat transfer coefficients as a function of temperature are illustrated for all selected HTFs in their stable operation temperature ranges. Finally, recent developments on new HTFs working at 700 °C and beyond are discussed.

227 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive review on different CFD approaches employed in numerical simulation of nanofluid flow, address the pros and cons of each approach, and find the suitable technique which gives more credible results as compared to experimental results.
Abstract: The recent development of nanotechnology led to the concept of using suspended nanoparticles in heat transfer fluids to improve the heat transfer coefficient of the base fluids. Specifically, numerical studies are reviewed in this study to get a clear view and detailed summary of the influence of several parameters such as type of nanoparticle and host liquid, particle volume concentration, particle size, particle shape, Brownian diffusion and thermophoresis effect on hydrodynamic and thermal characteristics of convective heat transfer using nanofluids. In addition, the paper provides detailed information about the most of commonly-used correlations which are utilized to predict the effective thermophysical properties of nanofluids. Finally, the main aim upon which the present work is based is to give a comprehensive review on different CFD approaches employed in numerical simulation of nanofluid flow, address the pros and cons of each approach, and find the suitable technique which gives more credible results as compared to experimental results.

219 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, the heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of a hybrid nanofluid mixture containing alumina nanoparticles and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were experimentally investigated in a chevron corrugated-plate heat exchanger.

209 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, a laminar convective heat transfer of water-based TiO2 nanofluid flowing through a uniformly heated tube has been investigated via experiments and numerical modeling.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of thermal boundary conditions on developing turbulent pipe flows with fluids at supercritical pressure was studied using direct numerical simulations, and two different thermal wall boundary conditions were studied: one that permits temperature fluctuations and one that does not allow temperature fluctuations at the wall (equivalent to cases where the thermal effusivity ratio approaches infinity and zero, respectively).
Abstract: We use direct numerical simulations to study the effect of thermal boundary conditions on developing turbulent pipe flows with fluids at supercritical pressure. The Reynolds number based on pipe diameter and friction velocity at the inlet is and Prandtl number at the inlet is . The thermodynamic conditions are chosen such that the temperature range within the flow domain incorporates the pseudo-critical point where large variations in thermophysical properties occur. Two different thermal wall boundary conditions are studied: one that permits temperature fluctuations and one that does not allow temperature fluctuations at the wall (equivalent to cases where the thermal effusivity ratio approaches infinity and zero, respectively). Unlike for turbulent flows with constant thermophysical properties and Prandtl numbers above unity – where the effusivity ratio has a negligible influence on heat transfer – supercritical fluids shows a strong dependency on the effusivity ratio. We observe a reduction of 7 % in Nusselt number when the temperature fluctuations at the wall are suppressed. On the other hand, if temperature fluctuations are permitted, large property variations are induced that consequently cause an increase of wall-normal velocity fluctuations very close to the wall and thus an increased overall heat flux and skin friction.

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TL;DR: In this article, a flat and v-corrugated plate solar air heaters with built-in PCM as thermal energy storage material were designed and tested under prevailing weather conditions of Tanta city (30° 43′N, 31°E).

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Y.F. Li1, Guodong Xia1, D.D. Ma1, Y.T. Jia1, J. Wang1 
TL;DR: In this article, a novel microchannel heat sink with triangular cavities and rectangular ribs was presented and the characteristics of fluid flow and heat transfer were studied numerically for Reynolds number (Re ) ranging from 173 to 635.

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TL;DR: In this paper, an entropy analysis of hybrid nanofluid in a two pass multiport minichannel heat exchanger coupled with a thermoelectric cooler is experimentally investigated.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the HFE-7100 Engineered fluid with metal nanoparticles of spherical and non-spherical shapes with different sizes was used to investigate the effect of particle shape on Bejan number and entropy generation.
Abstract: The flow of mixed convection nanofluid over wedge under the effects of porous medium is investigated. The HFE-7100 Engineered Fluid having Nimonic 80a metal nanoparticles of spherical and non-spherical shapes with different sizes is used. The particle shape effects on Bejan number and entropy generation are taken into account. The system of partial differential equations is first written in terms of ordinary differential equations using adequate similarity transformations and then solved analytically. Analytical solutions of the resulting equations are obtained for the velocity and temperature profiles. Simultaneous effects of porous medium, particle volume friction, mixed convection parameter, and angle of wedge in the presence of different shapes nanoparticles are demonstrated graphically. Effects of particle concentrations, sizes on wall stress, heat transfer coefficient of Skin friction, and Nusselt are discussed in the form of tables.

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the effect of γ (gamma and α (alpha) Fe2O3/Kerosene nanofluids for a closed loop pulsating heat pipe under the magnetic field.

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TL;DR: In this paper, a symmetric outward convex corrugated tube design is introduced for parabolic trough receivers with the aim of increasing their heat transfer performance and reliability, and an optical-thermal-structural sequential coupled method is developed to analyze the heat transfer and thermal deformation of the glass cover and metal tube of the parabolic tube.

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TL;DR: In this article, Nitrogen-doped graphene (NDG) nanofluids are prepared using a two-step method in an aqueous solution of 0.025-wt.% Triton X-100 as a surfactant with various nanosheets at several concentrations.

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TL;DR: In this article, numerical simulations are carried out to investigate the influence of geometric parameters on the flow and heat transfer characteristics of rectangular, trapezoidal and triangular shaped microchannel heat sinks.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors numerically investigated the laminar mixed-convection heat transfer of different water-copper nanofluids inside a microtube with curvature angle of 90°, using a finite volume method.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of solid volume fraction and Reynolds number on heat transfer coefficient and pressure drop of CuO-Water nanofluid was investigated in a double-tube counter flow heat exchanger under turbulent flow regime.

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TL;DR: In this paper, a 2D numerical simulation and sensitivity analysis is carried out on turbulent heat transfer and heat exchanger effectiveness enhancement in a double pipe heat exchange with porous media, where the Darcy-Brinkman-Forchheimer and k-e turbulent models are employed to achieve heat transfer.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the problem of boundary layer flow of MHD electrically conducting fluid past a cone and a wedge with non-uniform heat source/sink along with Cattaneo-Christov heat flux is investigated numerically.
Abstract: In the present article, the problem of boundary layer flow of MHD electrically conducting fluid past a cone and a wedge with non-uniform heat source/sink along with Cattaneo-Christov heat flux is investigated numerically. At first, the flow equations are converted into ODE via appropriate self similarity transforms and the resulting equations are solved with the assistance of R.-K. and Newton’s methods. The influence of several dimensionless parameters on velocity and temperature fields in addition to the friction factor and reduced heat transfer coefficient has been examined with the support of graphs and numerical values. The heat transfer phenomenon in the flow caused by the cone is excessive when compared to the wedge flow. Also, the thermal and momentum boundary layers are not the same for the flow over a cone and wedge.

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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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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors have analyzed the effect of additive nanoparticles on heat transfer and entropy generation on laminar natural convection of non-Newtonian nanofluids in the presence of an external horizontal magnetic field in a square cavity.

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TL;DR: In this article, the melting heat transfer is stagnation point flow of nanofluid towards a stretching surface with nonlinear thermal radiation, and the convergence series solution is worked out by employing homotopic procedure.

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TL;DR: In this article, the effect of nanoparticles volume fraction (ϕ) on thermal performance of the solar parabolic collector is studied, and the results indicate that by increasing of the nanoparticle volume fraction, the average Nusselt number increases for both nanofluids.

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TL;DR: In this article, a comparison of spray cooling techniques with respect to the media type, operating fluids and flow character, maximal achievable heat flux dissipation and heat transfer coefficient, pressure drop, the Reynolds number, other selected thermal and/or flow parameters is presented.

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TL;DR: In this article, a finite element method (FEM) and a response surface methodology (RSM) is applied for the optimization of a circular-wavy cavity to find the optimal geometry of the cavity.