On the nanofluids applications in microchannels: a comprehensive review

AJ Chamkha, M Molana, A Rahnama, F Ghadami - Powder technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Nanofluids have attracted tremendous attention during the last two decades. The
researchers all over the world investigate the feasibility of the nanofluids use in different …

Nanofluid and nanocomposite applications in solar energy conversion systems for performance enhancement: a review

KS Reddy, NR Kamnapure… - International Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Solar energy conversion systems are facing the problem of having low optical and thermal
performance. The low thermal conductivity of the heat transfer fluid and non-effective optical …

Investigation of nanofluids heat transfer in a ribbed microchannel heat sink using single-phase and multiphase CFD models

ZY Ghale, M Haghshenasfard, MN Esfahany - … Communications in Heat …, 2015 - Elsevier
In this paper, laminar forced convective heat transfer of water/alumina nanofluids in a
straight microchannel is studied numerically using CFD modeling. In the first part, single …

Numerical study of fluid flow and heat transfer for flow of Cu-Al2O3-water hybrid nanofluid in a microchannel heat sink

VM Krishna, MS Kumar, R Muthalagu, PS Kumar… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
The use of micro-electronic devices in many applications such as aerospace,
telecommunications, micro-electronics, robotics is drastically increasing and they need …

A comparison of mixed convective heat transfer performance of nanofluids cooled heat sink with circular perforated pin fin

FZ Bakhti, M Si-Ameur - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper presents a numerical study on the mixed convection of nanofluids in heat sinks
with perforated circular fins. Four different types of nanofluids are used as cooling fluids …

Heat transfer and pressure drop of nanofluids in a microchannel heat sink

E Manay, B Sahin - Heat Transfer Engineering, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of this study is to determine the upper limitations of the particle volume fraction for
heat transfer performance of TiO2–water nanofluids in microchannels. Nanofluids were …

Review of micro and mini channels, porous heat sinks with hydrophobic surfaces for single phase fluid flow

A Khan, F Hadi, N Akram, MA Bashir, HM Ali… - Journal of the Taiwan …, 2022 - Elsevier
New cohort technology is facing the challenges of cooling the advanced electronic devices
with ever greater heat generated due to the densely populated Integrated Circuits (ICs). The …

Numerical investigation of heat transfer and pressure drop for cooling of microchannel heat sink using MWCNT-CuO-Water hybrid nanofluid with different mixture ratio

VM Krishna, MS Kumar, O Mahesh… - Materials Today …, 2021 - Elsevier
Micro-channel heat sinks are gaining prominent importance in cooling of micro-electronic
devices due to their high rate of heat dissipation and very high surface area. Also during the …

A comparison of the heat transfer performance and pressure drop of nanofluid-cooled heat sinks with different miniature pin fin configurations

W Duangthongsuk, S Wongwises - Experimental Thermal and Fluid …, 2015 - Elsevier
The paper reports an experimental investigation into the thermal performance and pressure
drop characteristics of nanofluid-cooled heat sinks and then compares the results with the …

An experimental study on the thermal and hydraulic performances of nanofluids flow in a miniature circular pin fin heat sink

W Duangthongsuk, S Wongwises - Experimental Thermal and Fluid …, 2015 - Elsevier
This study presents the experimental thermal and hydraulic performance of heat sink with
miniature circular pin fin structure using two different types of nanofluid as coolant. ZnO and …