Review of single-phase and two-phase nanofluid heat transfer in macro-channels and micro-channels

G Liang, I Mudawar - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper provides a comprehensive review of published literature concerning heat transfer
benefits of nanofluids for both macro-channels and micro-channels. Included are both …

Numerical study of convective heat transfer of nanofluids: a review

SM Vanaki, P Ganesan, HA Mohammed - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2016 - Elsevier
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 …

Hydrothermal performance analysis of microchannel heat sink with embedded module with ribs and pin-fins

C Li, X Li, H Huang, Y Zheng - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
A new microchannel heat sink with embedded modules with ribs and pin-fins is proposed as
an effective solution to realize microchannel heat dissipation within low-temperature co-fired …

Heat transfer and fluid flow analysis of microchannel heat sinks with periodic vertical porous ribs

MS Lori, K Vafai - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, a detailed numerical analysis of the fluid flow and heat transfer of a three-
dimensional microchannel is performed to evaluate the effect of using periodic vertical …

Experimental and numerical investigation of nanofluids heat transfer characteristics for application in solar heat exchangers

E Ebrahimnia-Bajestan, MC Moghadam… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
One of the innovative methods of improving heat transfer characteristics of heat exchangers
in solar systems is applying nanofluids as the heat transfer media. In this study, laminar …

A review on the control parameters of natural convection in different shaped cavities with and without nanofluid

S Rostami, S Aghakhani, A Hajatzadeh Pordanjani… - Processes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Natural convection in cavities is an interesting subject for many researchers. Especially, in
recent years, the number of articles written in this regard has grown enormously. This work …

Investigation of nanofluid mixed convection in a shallow cavity using a two-phase mixture model

M Goodarzi, MR Safaei, K Vafai, G Ahmadi… - International Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Laminar and turbulent mixed convection heat transfer of water/Cu nanofluids in a
rectangular shallow cavity was studied utilizing a two-phase mixture model. The upper …

Numerical simulations of a parabolic trough solar collector with nanofluid using a two-phase model

E Kaloudis, E Papanicolaou, V Belessiotis - Renewable Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
This study investigates numerically, in terms of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), a
Parabolic Trough Collector (PTC) system with nanofluid as the Heat Transfer Fluid (HTF). All …

A review of forced convection heat transfer enhancement and hydrodynamic characteristics of a nanofluid

AM Hussein, KV Sharma, RA Bakar… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2014 - Elsevier
The low thermal properties of liquids have led to investigations into additives of small size
(less than 100 nm solid particles) to enhance their heat transfer properties and …

Empirical and theoretical correlations on viscosity of nanofluids: a review

LS Sundar, KV Sharma, MT Naik, MK Singh - Renewable and sustainable …, 2013 - Elsevier
In the past decade nanotechnology has developed in many directions. Nanofluid is a
mixture of nanosized particles dispersed in fluids. Nanofluids are new generation heat …