A critical review of heat transfer enhancement methods in the presence of porous media, nanofluids, and microorganisms

M Habibishandiz, MZ Saghir - Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 2022‏ - Elsevier
A current common topic of study among scientists and engineers is how to reduce energy
usage. As the loading power of engineering devices is constantly upgrading, while they are …

Influence of particle size on the effective thermal conductivity of nanofluids: A critical review

T Ambreen, MH Kim - Applied Energy, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Nanofluid is an innovative class of nanotechnology-based thermal fluids and has been
proven to improve the energy conversion process efficiency significantly. Thermal …

A review on preparation, characterization, properties and applications of nanofluids

DK Devendiran, VA Amirtham - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Selection of suitable heat transfer fluid for heat dissipation is an important consideration in
the design of heat exchanging systems. Nanofluid, a colloidal mixture made of a base fluid …

Experimental studies of nanofluid thermal conductivity enhancement and applications: A review

MM Tawfik - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017‏ - Elsevier
In many applications, there is a critical need for enhancing the poor thermal conductivity of
conventional fluids in order to develop efficient heat transfer fluids. This requirement can be …

A review based on the effect and mechanism of thermal conductivity of normal nanofluids and hybrid nanofluids

PK Das - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2017‏ - Elsevier
In last three decades, nanofluids have been the focus of attention by several researchers.
Nanofluids are attracting by many scientist due to their anomalous thermal conductivity …

A review on thermophysical properties, preparation, and heat transfer enhancement of conventional and hybrid nanofluids utilized in micro and mini channel heat sink

G Sriharan, S Harikrishnan, HF Oztop - Sustainable Energy Technologies …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The rapid growing technological advancement in various miniatures thermal systems
dissipate higher amount of heat. Hence, the miniature heat sinks such as mini channel and …

Evaluation of copper nanoparticles–Paraffin wax compositions for solar thermal energy storage

SC Lin, HH Al-Kayiem - Solar Energy, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Phase change materials have been used extensively as thermal energy storage mediums.
The low thermal conductivity of the phase change materials remains a setback and reduces …

Applications of nanofluids: current and future

KV Wong, O De Leon - Advances in mechanical engineering, 2010‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Nanofluids are suspensions of nanoparticles in fluids that show significant enhancement of
their properties at modest nanoparticle concentrations. Many of the publications on …

Solar energy systems–potential of nanofluids

A Wahab, A Hassan, MA Qasim, HM Ali, H Babar… - Journal of Molecular …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Global warming escalation has extended average temperature of earth beyond its safe limit.
To avert this environmental-threat, solar energy has acquired substantial attention of …

Thermal conductivity measurements of nanofluids

MI Pryazhnikov, AV Minakov, VY Rudyak… - International Journal of …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
The paper presents the results of systematic measurements of the thermal conductivity
coefficient of nanofluids at room temperature. In total, more than fifty various nanofluids …