Recent advances on nanofluids for low to medium temperature solar collectors: energy, exergy, economic analysis and environmental impact

Z Said, AA Hachicha, S Aberoumand… - Progress in Energy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The efficient exploitation of solar irradiation is one of the most encouraging ways of handling
numerous environmental concerns. Solar collectors are suitable devices that capture solar …

Recent advances in modeling and simulation of nanofluid flows-Part I: Fundamentals and theory

O Mahian, L Kolsi, M Amani, P Estellé, G Ahmadi… - Physics reports, 2019 - Elsevier
It has been more than two decades since the discovery of nanofluids-mixtures of common
liquids and solid nanoparticles less than 100 nm in size. As a type of colloidal suspension …

Nanofluids effects on the evaporation rate in a solar still equipped with a heat exchanger

O Mahian, A Kianifar, SZ Heris, D Wen, AZ Sahin… - Nano energy, 2017 - Elsevier
In this paper, the performance of a solar still equipped with a heat exchanger using
nanofluids has been studied both experimentally and theoretically through three key …

Viscosity, tribological and physicochemical features of ZnO and MoS2 diesel oil-based nanofluids: An experimental study

SB Mousavi, SZ Heris, P Estellé - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
In this research, two different diesel oil-based nanofluids were prepared and the influence of
temperature and nanoparticle content were examined on viscosity, tribological, and …

The enhancement of effective thermal conductivity and effective dynamic viscosity of nanofluids–A review

WH Azmi, KV Sharma, R Mamat, G Najafi… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
The determination of thermo-physical properties and especially thermal conductivity and
viscosity were important for evaluating heat transfer coefficients either for single or two …

Recent developments on viscosity and thermal conductivity of nanofluids

L Yang, J Xu, K Du, X Zhang - Powder technology, 2017 - Elsevier
The physical properties and especially viscosity and thermal conductivity are essential
parameters for evaluating the heat transfer and flowing drag coefficients when designing a …

Factorial experimental design for the thermal performance of a double pipe heat exchanger using Al2O3-TiO2 hybrid nanofluid

H Maddah, R Aghayari, M Mirzaee, MH Ahmadi… - … Communications in Heat …, 2018 - Elsevier
Applying nanofluids with modification in the structure have engrossed in fluid mechanics.
This utilization has demonstrated significant enhancement in heat exchangers performance …

A review of thermophysical properties of water based composite nanofluids

S Akilu, KV Sharma, AT Baheta, R Mamat - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2016 - Elsevier
The limitation of the conventional fluids to facilitate cooling/heating rates remains the primary
basis for exploring alternative heat transfer nanofluids. Research efforts on nanofluids have …

Experimental study on thermal conductivity of stabilized Al2O3 and SiO2 nanofluids and their hybrid

GM Moldoveanu, G Huminic, AA Minea… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper shows an experimental study on thermal conductivity of hybrid nanofluids made
of Al 2 O 3–SiO 2 suspended in pure water. Also, simple nanofluid samples, with various …

Thermo-physical properties prediction of carbon-based magnetic nanofluids based on an artificial neural network

L Shi, S Zhang, A Arshad, Y Hu, Y He, Y Yan - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanostructured magnetic suspensions have superior thermophysical properties, which have
attracted widespread attention owing to their industrial applications for heat transfer …