This paper introduces the historical background about the development of water based, ethylene glycol (EG) based and EG: water mixture nanofluids for the past 20 years. The …
In this study, the effects of selecting water/silver nanofluid as both a coolant and a reactivity controller during the first operating cycle of a light water nuclear reactor are investigated. To …
This study investigated alumina nanofluid's thermo-hydraulic performance as a coolant in the subchannel geometry of a hexagonal rod-bundle reactor core using the computational …
The power generation from nuclear power plants requires high heat transfer from the fuel rods to a fluid that runs through a turbine to generate power. The addition of nanoparticles …
M Zubair, O Elgack, Z Said - Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanotechnology, and particularly nanoparticles (NPs), command significant attention across diverse fields such as medicine, chemistry, and engineering. NPs are integrated into a base …
The study compares the thermohydraulic performance of Al 2 O 3-water, TiO 2-water and Graphene-Oxide–water as a coolant which should be used in the triangular subchannel of a …
S Uzun, Y Genç, A Acır - Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, the analysis of heat transfer characteristics of VVER-1000 nuclear reactor by using hybrid nanofluids as a coolants in subchannels in hot fuel assembly have been …
M Ebrahimian, GR Ansarifar - Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper, thermal–hydraulic effects of nanofluid as coolant in VVER-1000 nuclear reactor with annular fuel are investigated. At the first, the core of a VVER-1000 reactor is …
RZ Khalid, M Iqbal, A Hassan… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Conventional fluids used in fission‐based water‐cooled nuclear reactors have lower heat transfer coefficients (HTCs) and thermal conductivity, which has led researchers to explore …