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 pumping power, pressure drop, workability of
the nanofluid as well as its convective heat transfer coefficient. Experimental measurements …

A review on physicochemical and electrical performance of vegetable oil-based nanofluids for high voltage equipment

AA Adekunle, SO Oparanti - Electric Power Systems Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Fault in high voltage equipment has a powerful monetary repercussion to both power utilities
and users, the sustainability of this expensive asset is vulnerable to the state, quality and …

Accurate prediction of nanofluid viscosity using a multilayer perceptron artificial neural network (MLP-ANN)

E Heidari, MA Sobati, S Movahedirad - Chemometrics and intelligent …, 2016 - Elsevier
Viscosity is a significant physical property of nanofluids in practical heat transfer
applications. No general model is capable for accurate prediction of nanofluid viscosity in a …

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 …

A review on properties, opportunities, and challenges of transformer oil‐based nanofluids

M Rafiq, Y Lv, C Li - Journal of nanomaterials, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The mineral oil or synthetic oil in conjunction with paper is mainly being applied as dielectric
medium in many of the high voltage apparatus. However, the advent of high voltage levels …

Optimization of heat transfer enhancement and pumping power of a heat exchanger tube using nanofluid with gradient and multi-layered porous foams

M Siavashi, HRT Bahrami, E Aminian - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Nanofluids and porous inserts are two traditional methods of enhancing heat transfer.
Porous media improve heat transfer along with increasing the pressure drop. This study …

Developing an ANFIS-based swarm concept model for estimating the relative viscosity of nanofluids

A Baghban, A Jalali, M Shafiee… - … of Computational Fluid …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Nanofluid viscosity is an important physical property in convective heat transfer phenomena.
However, the current theoretical models for nanofluid viscosity prediction are only applicable …

On evaluation of thermophysical properties of transformer oil-based nanofluids: a comprehensive modeling and experimental study

A Ghaffarkhah, M Afrand, M Talebkeikhah… - Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
Transformer oil-based nanofluids are known to have higher thermal conductivity and heat
transfer performance compared to conventional transformer oils. In this study, four different …

Nanoparticles for next-generation transformer insulating fluids: A review

M Karatas, Y Bicen - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Transformers are important components in electrical networks and dielectric fluids play a
decisive role in the quality of the insulation systems in these transformers. This review …

Evolving strategies for herbicide use in wheat: resistance and integrated weed management.

RK Malik, SS Samunder Singh - 1993 - cabidigitallibrary.org
The use of herbicides, the development of herbicide resistant weeds and the use of
integrated weed management for wheat production in India are discussed, including the …