TY - JOUR
T1 - Critical Review on Nanofluids
T2 - Preparation, Characterization, and Applications
AU - Jama, Mohamoud
AU - Singh, Tejvir
AU - Gamaleldin, Seifelislam Mahmoud
AU - Koc, Muammer
AU - Samara, Ayman
AU - Isaifan, Rima J.
AU - Atieh, Muataz A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Mohamoud Jama et al.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Heat transfer fluids are a crucial parameter that affects the size and costs of heat exchangers. However, the available coolants like water and oils have low thermal conductivities, which put many limitations to the development of heat transfer to achieve high performance cooling. The need for development of new classes of fluids which enhance the heat transfer capabilities attracted the attention of many researchers. In the last few decades, modern nanotechnology developed nanoparticles, which have unique thermal and electrical properties that could help improve heat transfer using nanofluids. A "nanofluid" is a fluid with suspended fine nanoparticles which increases the heat transfer properties compared with the original fluid. Nanofluids are considered a new generation of heat transfer fluids and are considered two-phase fluids of liquid solid mixtures. The efficiency of the fluid could be improved by enhancing its thermal properties, especially the thermal conductivity, and it is expected that the nanofluids will have a greater thermal conductivity than the base fluids. This paper reviews the preparation of metallic and nonmetallic nanofluids along with the stability of the produced nanofluids. Physical and thermal properties as well as a range of applications are also discussed in detail.
AB - Heat transfer fluids are a crucial parameter that affects the size and costs of heat exchangers. However, the available coolants like water and oils have low thermal conductivities, which put many limitations to the development of heat transfer to achieve high performance cooling. The need for development of new classes of fluids which enhance the heat transfer capabilities attracted the attention of many researchers. In the last few decades, modern nanotechnology developed nanoparticles, which have unique thermal and electrical properties that could help improve heat transfer using nanofluids. A "nanofluid" is a fluid with suspended fine nanoparticles which increases the heat transfer properties compared with the original fluid. Nanofluids are considered a new generation of heat transfer fluids and are considered two-phase fluids of liquid solid mixtures. The efficiency of the fluid could be improved by enhancing its thermal properties, especially the thermal conductivity, and it is expected that the nanofluids will have a greater thermal conductivity than the base fluids. This paper reviews the preparation of metallic and nonmetallic nanofluids along with the stability of the produced nanofluids. Physical and thermal properties as well as a range of applications are also discussed in detail.
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U2 - 10.1155/2016/6717624
DO - 10.1155/2016/6717624
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84994613937
SN - 1687-4110
VL - 2016
JO - Journal of Nanomaterials
JF - Journal of Nanomaterials
M1 - 6717624
ER -