Challenges in hybrid nanofluids behavior in turbulent flow: Recent research and numerical comparison

Alina Adriana Minea

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017, vol. 71, issue C, 426-434

Abstract: Numerical and experimental researches on nanofluids have increased rapidly over the last few years. In spite of some inconsistent reports—mainly due to the deficient understanding of the involved mechanisms—nanofluids have developed as a favorable heat transfer fluid. Recently, hybrid nanofluids were defined as a new class of nanofluids with possible applications in almost all the fields of heat transfer. This is mainly because of the synergistic effect through which they provide promising properties of all of its constituents. The augmented thermal conductivity of nanofluids over the basic heat transfer fluids (e.g. water) is considered one of the driving factors for enhanced performance in heat transfer. Nevertheless, most of the studies are discussing the thermal conductivity and only few are about viscosity variation, while other properties are neglected.

Keywords: Hybrid nanofluids; Nanocomposite nanoparticle; Thermal conductivity; Heat transfer; Nu number (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2016.12.072

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