Recent advances on the fundamental physical phenomena behind stability, dynamic motion, thermophysical properties, heat transport, applications, and challenges of …

Z Said, LS Sundar, AK Tiwari, HM Ali… - Physics Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
In the past decade, nanotechnology's rapid developments have created quite a lot of
prospects for researchers and engineers to check up on. And nanofluids are important …

Recent advances on nanofluids for low to medium temperature solar collectors: energy, exergy, economic analysis and environmental impact

Z Said, AA Hachicha, S Aberoumand… - Progress in Energy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The efficient exploitation of solar irradiation is one of the most encouraging ways of handling
numerous environmental concerns. Solar collectors are suitable devices that capture solar …

[HTML][HTML] A review of recent advances in thermophysical properties at the nanoscale: From solid state to colloids

L Qiu, N Zhu, Y Feng, EE Michaelides, G Żyła, D Jing… - Physics Reports, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanomaterials possess superior optical, electrical, magnetic, mechanical, and thermal
properties, which have made them suitable for a multitude of applications. The present …

Recent advances in modeling and simulation of nanofluid flows-Part I: Fundamentals and theory

O Mahian, L Kolsi, M Amani, P Estellé, G Ahmadi… - Physics reports, 2019 - Elsevier
It has been more than two decades since the discovery of nanofluids-mixtures of common
liquids and solid nanoparticles less than 100 nm in size. As a type of colloidal suspension …

A review on recent development of thermal performance enhancement methods of flat plate solar water heater

E Vengadesan, R Senthil - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The present review focusses on the recent developments in the thermo-economic
performance of solar water heating systems regarding the design, modification of thermo …

Thermal conductivity prediction of nanofluids containing CuO nanoparticles by using correlation and artificial neural network

A Komeilibirjandi, AH Raffiee, A Maleki… - Journal of Thermal …, 2020 - Springer
Nanofluids are employed in different thermal devices due to their enhanced thermophysical
features which lead to noticeable heat transfer augmentation. One of the major reasons of …

Effect of Al2O3 nanoparticle dispersion on the specific heat capacity of a eutectic binary nitrate salt for solar power applications

Y Hu, Y He, Z Zhang, D Wen - Energy Conversion and Management, 2017 - Elsevier
Molten salts can be used as heat transfer fluids or thermal storage materials in a
concentrated solar power plant. Improving the thermal properties can influence the …

Nanofluids for flat plate solar collectors: Fundamentals and applications

OA Alawi, HM Kamar, AR Mallah… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Among different sources of renewable energy, solar energy is widely used almost
exclusively because of its ease of availability and its lowest environmental effects. The most …

Efficiency assessment of using graphene nanoplatelets-silver/water nanofluids in microchannel heat sinks with different cross-sections for electronics cooling

M Goodarzi, I Tlili, Z Tian, MR Safaei - … Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to model the nanofluid flow in microchannel heat sinks having the
same length and hydraulic diameter but different cross-sections (circular, trapezoidal and …

Numerical study of the effects of nanofluids and phase-change materials in photovoltaic thermal (PVT) systems

AIA Al-Musawi, A Taheri, A Farzanehnia… - Journal of Thermal …, 2019 - Springer
In this paper, the effects of pure water, SiO 2/water nanofluid, and a phase-change material
(PCM) as coolants on the performance of a photovoltaic thermal (PVT) system are …