Nanofluids: Key parameters to enhance thermal conductivity and its applications

H Younes, M Mao, SMS Murshed, D Lou… - Applied Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent advances in the customization of nanofluids to obtain specific thermophysical
properties have led to an increase in the need for a better understanding of the various …

A review on thermophysical properties of nanofluids and heat transfer applications

M Gupta, V Singh, R Kumar, Z Said - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper summarizes the important results regarding the improvement in the
thermophysical properties of nanofluids. The influence of important parameters like particle's …

Experimental comparison between ZnO and MoS2 nanoparticles as additives on performance of diesel oil-based nano lubricant

SB Mousavi, SZ Heris, P Estellé - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
This study compares the tribological and thermophysical features of the lubricating oil using
MoS2 and ZnO nano-additives. The average size of MoS2 and ZnO nanoparticles were 90 …

On the evaluation of the viscosity of nanofluid systems: Modeling and data assessment

A Hemmati-Sarapardeh, A Varamesh… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Viscosity of nanofluids can significantly affect pum** power, pressure drop, workability of
the nanofluid as well as its convective heat transfer coefficient. Experimental measurements …

Metal oxide nanofluids: Review of formulation, thermo-physical properties, mechanisms, and heat transfer performance

KS Suganthi, KS Rajan - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Nanofluids, engineered colloidal dispersions of solid nanoparticles in liquid, belong to new
category of heat transfer fluids that have evinced intense research activities in the recent …

Prediction of nanofluids viscosity using random forest (RF) approach

M Gholizadeh, M Jamei, I Ahmadianfar… - … and Intelligent Laboratory …, 2020 - Elsevier
Accurate estimation of viscosity, one of the most important thermo-physical properties of
nanofluids, is essential in heat transfer fluid applications in many industries. In this paper, for …

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 …

Experimental study on thermal conductivity of ethylene glycol based nanofluids containing Al2O3 nanoparticles

MH Esfe, A Karimipour, WM Yan, M Akbari… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
To get more experimental and fundamental understanding of the thermal behavior of
nanofluids, the thermal conductivity of Al 2 O 3–EG nanofluids have been examined using a …

[HTML][HTML] A novel empirical equation for the effective viscosity of nanofluids based on theoretical and empirical results

M Klazly, G Bognár - International Communications in Heat and Mass …, 2022 - Elsevier
In practice, nanofluids' thermal conductivity and viscosity are the most important parameters
in engineering applications. Viscosity affects pum** performance. Theoretical viscosity …

Heat transfer performance and transport properties of ZnO–ethylene glycol and ZnO–ethylene glycol–water nanofluid coolants

KS Suganthi, VL Vinodhan, KS Rajan - Applied energy, 2014 - Elsevier
Experiments were carried out on preparation and characterization of ZnO–ethylene glycol
(EG) and ZnO–ethylene glycol–water nanofluids and analysis of their performance as …