Engineering applications of ferrofluids: A review

M Kole, S Khandekar - Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Ferrofluids are stable colloidal suspensions of nanometric sized ferromagnetic, or their oxide
particles, in conventional basefluids like water, oil, etc. The property of ferromagnetism is …

A comprehensive review on single phase heat transfer enhancement techniques in heat exchanger applications

T Alam, MH Kim - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
The objective of this paper is to review the different techniques, which have been used to
enhance the heat transfer rate in heat exchanger devices such as solar air heater, cooling …

Experimental study on enhanced heat transfer and flow performance of magnetic nanofluids under alternating magnetic field

X Zhang, Y Zhang - International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
The heat transfer and pressure drop performance of magnetic nanofluids (MNFs) under
different alternating magnetic fields were investigated experimentally. The results showed …

Effects of using nanofluid, applying a magnetic field, and placing turbulators in channels on the convective heat transfer: A comprehensive review

M Gürdal, K Arslan, E Gedik, AA Minea - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent studies in the field of thermal engineering revealed that employing nanofluid as a
working fluid in a specific channel, considering both turbulators and magnetic field effect is …

Forced convection heat transfer in a semi annulus under the influence of a variable magnetic field

M Sheikholeslami, K Vajravelu, MM Rashidi - International journal of heat …, 2016 - Elsevier
Since advective transport in a ferrofluid can be controlled by using an external magnetic
field, magnetic nanofluid (ferrofluid) has various applications to heat transfer processes …

Experimental investigation of the effects of using metal-oxides/water nanofluids on a photovoltaic thermal system (PVT) from energy and exergy viewpoints

M Sardarabadi, M Hosseinzadeh, A Kazemian… - Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
In this paper, an experimental investigation on the effects of using metal-oxides/water
nanofluids as a coolant system in a photovoltaic thermal system (PVT) from the energy and …

Experimental study on thermal conductivity of water-based Fe3O4 nanofluid: development of a new correlation and modeled by artificial neural network

M Afrand, D Toghraie, N Sina - … Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper, the thermal conductivity of Fe 3 O 4 magnetic nanofluids has been investigated
experimentally. The nanofluid samples were prepared using a two-step method by …

Experimental investigation of a PVT system performance using nano ferrofluids

M Ghadiri, M Sardarabadi, M Pasandideh-fard… - Energy Conversion and …, 2015 - Elsevier
In this paper, the effects of ferrofluids as a coolant on the overall efficiency of a PVT
(photovoltaic thermal unit) system are experimentally investigated. The fluids considered in …

Flow and heat transfer characteristics of magnetic nanofluids: a review

M Bahiraei, M Hangi - Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 2015 - Elsevier
Magnetic nanofluids (MNFs) are suspensions which are comprised of a non-magnetic base
fluid and magnetic nanoparticles. In this modern set of suspensions which can be called …

Recent developments in the application of ferrofluids with an emphasis on thermal performance and energy harvesting

K Abbas, X Wang, G Rasool, T Sun, G Yin… - Journal of Magnetism …, 2023 - Elsevier
The term Ferrofluids is used to refer to the coherent colloidal suspension of nanometer size
ferromagnetic particles or their oxides in base fluids such as oil, water etc. Due to decrease …