Review article

https://doi.org/10.15255/KUI.2019.047

Nanofluids as Heat Transfer Media

Roko Blažic ; Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 19 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Fabio Faraguna orcid.org/0000-0003-4866-1038 ; Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 19 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Elvira Vidović ; Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 19 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Ante Jukić ; Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 19 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Nanofluids have attracted the attention of the scientific community during last twenty years and the number of papers on nanofluids has increased significantly as a result. The increased thermal conductivity of the fluid due to the addition of nanoparticles is a basic feature that has raised intensive research on nanofluids. Considering a permanent urge in the industry to improve efficiency of production processes, including the cooling streams of processes, the increased thermal conductivity of cooling fluids opens the possibility of achieving that goal.
This paper provides an overview of nanofluid preparation methods and a description of parameters that affect the thermal conductivity of nanofluids. Also, the overviews of few models that describe the thermal conductivity of nanofluids as well as of possible mechanisms that contribute to the increase in thermal conductivity of nanofluids are given.


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Keywords

nanofluids; thermal conductivity; stability of nanofluids

Hrčak ID:

225493

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/225493

Publication date:

7.10.2019.

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