Latest developments on the viscosity of nanofluids
The past decade has seen the rapid development of nanofluids science in many aspects. Number of research is conducted that is mostly focused on the thermal conductivity of these fluids. However, nanofluid viscosity also deserves the same attention as thermal conductivity. In this paper, different ch...
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| author | Mahbubul, I.M. Saidur, Rahman Amalina, M.A. |
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| description | The past decade has seen the rapid development of nanofluids science in many aspects. Number of research is conducted that is mostly focused on the thermal conductivity of these fluids. However, nanofluid viscosity also deserves the same attention as thermal conductivity. In this paper, different characteristics of viscosity of nanofluids including nanofluid preparation methods, temperature, particle size and shape, and volume fraction effects are thoroughly compiled and reviewed. Furthermore, a precise review on theoretical models/correlations of conventional models related to nanofluid viscosity is presented. The existing experimental results about the nanofluids viscosity show clearly that viscosity augmented accordingly with an increase of volume concentration and decreased with the temperature rise. However, there are some contradictory results on the effects of temperature on viscosity. Moreover, it is shown that particle size has some noteworthy effects over viscosity of nanofluids. |
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| spelling | um.eprints-65502019-07-16T05:37:41Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/6550/ Latest developments on the viscosity of nanofluids Mahbubul, I.M. Saidur, Rahman Amalina, M.A. TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery The past decade has seen the rapid development of nanofluids science in many aspects. Number of research is conducted that is mostly focused on the thermal conductivity of these fluids. However, nanofluid viscosity also deserves the same attention as thermal conductivity. In this paper, different characteristics of viscosity of nanofluids including nanofluid preparation methods, temperature, particle size and shape, and volume fraction effects are thoroughly compiled and reviewed. Furthermore, a precise review on theoretical models/correlations of conventional models related to nanofluid viscosity is presented. The existing experimental results about the nanofluids viscosity show clearly that viscosity augmented accordingly with an increase of volume concentration and decreased with the temperature rise. However, there are some contradictory results on the effects of temperature on viscosity. Moreover, it is shown that particle size has some noteworthy effects over viscosity of nanofluids. Elsevier 2012 Article PeerReviewed Mahbubul, I.M. and Saidur, Rahman and Amalina, M.A. (2012) Latest developments on the viscosity of nanofluids. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 55 (4). pp. 874-885. ISSN 0017-9310, DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.10.021 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.10.021>. http://ac.els-cdn.com/S0017931011005904/1-s2.0-S0017931011005904-main.pdf?_tid=3611841a-4023-11e2-ba5e-00000aacb35e&acdnat=1354853255_8634e9a6832c8521459f7cf236eec53c 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.10.021 |
| spellingShingle | TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Mahbubul, I.M. Saidur, Rahman Amalina, M.A. Latest developments on the viscosity of nanofluids |
| title | Latest developments on the viscosity of nanofluids |
| title_full | Latest developments on the viscosity of nanofluids |
| title_fullStr | Latest developments on the viscosity of nanofluids |
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| title_short | Latest developments on the viscosity of nanofluids |
| title_sort | latest developments on the viscosity of nanofluids |
| topic | TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery |
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