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Convective heat transfer characteristics of nanofluids under laminar and turbulent flow conditions
Doohyun Kim,Younghwan Kwon,Yonghyeon Cho,Chengguo Li,Seongir Cheong,Yujin Hwang,Jaekeun Lee,Daeseung Hong,Seongyong Moon +8 more
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In this article, the effect of nanofluids on convective heat transfer was investigated through a circular straight tube with a constant heat flux condition in the laminar and turbulent flow regime.About:
This article is published in Current Applied Physics.The article was published on 2009-03-01. It has received 474 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Convective heat transfer & Heat transfer coefficient.read more
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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.
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Small particles, big impacts: A review of the diverse applications of nanofluids
Robert A. Taylor,Sylvain Coulombe,Todd Otanicar,Patrick E. Phelan,Andrey Gunawan,Wei Lv,Gary Rosengarten,Ravi Prasher,Himanshu Tyagi +8 more
TL;DR: Nanofluids have seen enormous growth in popularity since they were proposed by Choi in 1995 as mentioned in this paper, and there were nearly 700 research articles where the term nanofluid was used in the title, showing rapid growth from 2006 (175) and 2001 (10).
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Enhanced heat transfer and friction factor of MWCNT–Fe3O4/water hybrid nanofluids
TL;DR: In this paper, the convective heat transfer coefficient and friction factor for fully developed turbulent flow of MWCNT-Fe3O4/water hybrid nanofluids flowing through a uniformly-heated-atconstant-heat-flux circular tube are estimated.
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Application of nanofluids in heat exchangers: A review
Gabriela Huminic,Angel Huminic +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors summarized the important published articles on the enhancement of the convection heat transfer in heat exchangers using nanofluids on two topics: theoretical and experimental results for the effective thermal conductivity, viscosity and the Nusselt number reported by several authors.
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A review on thermophysical properties of nanofluids and heat transfer applications
TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarized the important results regarding the improvement in the thermophysical properties of nanofluids and identified the opportunities for future research in the field of nanophotonics.
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Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer
TL;DR: This paper introduced the physical effects underlying heat and mass transfer phenomena and developed methodologies for solving a variety of real-world problems, such as energy minimization, mass transfer, and energy maximization.
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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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Hydrodynamic and heat transfer study of dispersed fluids with submicron metallic oxide particles
Bock Choon Pak,Young I. Cho +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a Brookfield rotating viscometer to measure the viscosities of the dispersed fluids with γ-alumina (Al2O3) and titanium dioxide (TiO2) particles at a 10% volume concentration.
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Temperature dependence of thermal conductivity enhancement for nanofluids
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the increase of thermal conductivity with temperature for nano fluids with water as base fluid and particles of Al 2 O 3 or CuO as suspension material.
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