Increasing the heat transfer rate of heat transfer equipment is an ever-lasting topic in thermal engineering. Due to the advantages of light weight, high specific surface, high thermal …
Nanofluids are dispersions of nanomaterials (eg nanoparticles, nanofibers, nanotubes, nanowires, nanorods, nanosheet, or droplets) in base fluids. Nanofluids have been a topic of …
Enhancing the critical heat flux (CHF) of industrial boilers by surface texturing can lead to substantial energy savings and global reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, but …
K Khanafer, K Vafai - Nanotechnology and energy, 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
Recent advances in nanotechnology have led to the development of a new, innovative class of heat transfer fluids created by dispersing nanoparticles in traditional heat transfer fluids. In …
DE Kim, DI Yu, DW Jerng, MH Kim, HS Ahn - Experimental Thermal and …, 2015 - Elsevier
In the recent decades, the rapid growth of surface modification and fabrication technologies has facilitated the achievement of boiling heat transfer enhancement on …
Liquid-vapor phase-change processes have been widely exploited in industrial applications including power generation, water processing and harvesting, cooling/refrigeration and …
D Wen, G Lin, S Vafaei, K Zhang - Particuology, 2009 - Elsevier
Research on nanofluids has progressed rapidly since its enhanced thermal conductivity was first reported about a decade ago, though much controversy and inconsistency have been …
Nanofluids are a new class of nanotechnology-based heat transfer fluids engineered by dispersing and stably suspending nanoparticles with typical length on the order of 1–50 nm …
Nanoparticles have already gained attentions for their countless potential applications in enhanced oil recovery. Nano-sized particles would help to recover trapped oil by several …