A state of the art review on viscosity of nanofluids

SMS Murshed, P Estellé - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
A comprehensive review of research and development on rheological characteristics of
nanofluids for their advanced heat transfer applications is performed and reported in this …

Viscosity of nanofluids: a review of recent experimental studies

K Bashirnezhad, S Bazri, MR Safaei, M Goodarzi… - … Communications in Heat …, 2016 - Elsevier
During the past decade, nanotechnology with its rapid development has grabbed the
attention of scientists, scholars, and engineers. Nanofluids are one of the surprising …

Natural convective flow and heat transfer of nano-encapsulated phase change materials (NEPCMs) in a cavity

M Ghalambaz, AJ Chamkha, D Wen - International journal of heat and mass …, 2019 - Elsevier
Free convective flow and heat transfer of a suspension of Nano Encapsulated Phase
Change Materials (NEPCMs) in an enclosure is studied. NEPCM particles are core-shell …

Free convection heat transfer analysis of a suspension of nano–encapsulated phase change materials (NEPCMs) in an inclined porous cavity

M Ghalambaz, SAM Mehryan, I Zahmatkesh… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
In the current study, free convection heat transfer of a suspension of Nano–Encapsulated
Phase Change Materials (NEPCMs) is simulated and discussed in an inclined porous cavity …

Experimental investigation of thermal conductivity and viscosity of ethylene glycol based ZnO nanofluids

H Li, L Wang, Y He, Y Hu, J Zhu, B Jiang - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
In this work, well dispersed ethylene glycol (EG) based nanofluids containing ZnO
nanoparticles with different mass fractions between 1.75% and 10.5% were prepared by a …

Investigation of viscosity and thermal conductivity of SiC nanofluids for heat transfer applications

SW Lee, SD Park, S Kang, IC Bang, JH Kim - International Journal of Heat …, 2011 - Elsevier
Nanofluids are nanotechnology-based colloidal dispersions engineered by stably
suspending nanoparticles. Transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron …

A numerical study of nanofluid forced convection in ribbed channels

O Manca, S Nardini, D Ricci - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2012 - Elsevier
In this paper a numerical investigation on forced convection with nanofluids, composed by
water and Al2O3 nanoparticles, in a two-dimensional channel is carried out. A uniform heat …

Recent advances, challenges, and prospects in solar dish collectors: Designs, applications, and optimization frameworks

H Allouhi, A Allouhi, MS Buker, S Zafar… - Solar Energy Materials and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The use of solar powered dish-Stirling engines to convert thermal energy into electricity is a
promising and renewable alternative in reducing the fossil fuel consumption. However …

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 …

Experimental investigation of a silver nanoparticle-based direct absorption solar thermal system

EP Bandarra Filho, OSH Mendoza, CLL Beicker… - Energy conversion and …, 2014 - Elsevier
A nanoparticle-based direct absorption system provides a promising alternative to
conventional solar collectors. This work investigates experimentally the photothermal …