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A Review on Heat Transfer of Nanofluids by Applied Electric Field or Magnetic Field

open access: yesNanomaterials, 2020
Nanofluids are considered to be a next-generation heat transfer medium due to their excellent thermal performance. To investigate the effect of electric fields and magnetic fields on heat transfer of nanofluids, this paper analyzes the mechanism of ...
Guannan Wang   +3 more
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A Review on the Nanofluids-PCMs Integrated Solutions for Solar Thermal Heat Transfer Enhancement Purposes

open access: yesTechnologies, 2023
The current review offers a critical survey on published studies concerning the simultaneous use of PCMs and nanofluids for solar thermal energy storage and conversion processes.
José Pereira   +3 more
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Experimental investigation on synthesis, characterization, stability, thermo-physical properties and rheological behavior of MWCNTs-kapok seed oil based nanofluid [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Several researchers devoted their efforts for the thermal conductivity enhancement of Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) based nanofluids as CNTs have excellent thermal properties.
Guardo Zabaleta, Alfredo de Jesús   +4 more
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A review on thermo-physical properties of bio, non-bio and hybrid nanofluids

open access: yesJournal of Mechanical Engineering and Sciences, 2019
The pressure drop and thermal performance of various nanofluids can be affected by their thermo-physical properties. However, there are many different parameters that need to be considered when determining the thermo-physical properties of nanofluids ...
James Lau Tze Chen   +2 more
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Synthesis and characterization of hybrid nanofluids and their usage in different heat exchangers for an improved heat transfer rates: A critical review

open access: yesEngineering Science and Technology, an International Journal, 2023
The heat exchangers are commonly used in thermal power companies, chemical factories, petroleum industries, and etc for the purpose of exchange heat from one fluid to another fluid.
L. Syam Sundar
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Advances in Nanofluidics [PDF]

open access: yesMicromachines, 2021
Recently, a new frontier in fluid science and engineering at the 1 to 1000 nm scale, called nanofluidics, has developed and provided new methodologies and applications to the fields of chemistry, biology, material sciences, bioengineering, medicine, drug discovery, energy, and environmental engineering [...]
Yutaka Kazoe, Yan Xu
openaire   +3 more sources

Performance enhancement of single slope solar still using nanofluids at different water depth

open access: yesDesalination and Water Treatment
In this research, a comparison was made between the performance of single basin single slope solar still with and without the use of nanofluids. The study involved an examination of nanofluids, specifically zinc oxide (ZnO), silicon oxide (SiO2), and a ...
Ramnarayan Sahu, Aseem Chandra Tiwari
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Natural convection in square enclosures differentially heated at sides using alumina-water nanofluids with temperature-dependent physical properties [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Laminar natural convection of Al2O3 + H2O nanofluids inside square cavities differentially heated at sides is studied numerically. A computational code based on the SIMPLE-C algorithm is used for the solution of the system of the mass, momentum and ...
CIANFRINI, MARTA   +2 more
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Thermal Characteristic of Nanofluids Containing Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles in Ethylene Glycol

open access: yesChemical Engineering Transactions, 2017
Rapid development of technology requires high-performance of cooling devices especially in heat transfer industries. In these recent years, there has been a lot of researchers show some interest in nanofluids because nanofluids is believed to be a very ...
H. Alias, M.F.C. Ani
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Thermal performance evaluation for different type of metal oxide water based nanofluids

open access: yesCase Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2021
Nanofluid as advanced coolant able to enhance capability heat transfer of cooling system, but with abnormal enhancement of viscosity of nanofluids have raised doubt on its thermal performance in practical application.
Tang Tsz Loong   +3 more
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