Saidur, Rahman and Leong, K.Y. and Mohammad, H.A. (2011) A review on applications and challenges of nanofluids. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 15 (3). pp. 1646-1668. ISSN 1364-0321, DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-010-0443-2.
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Nanofluids are potential heat transfer fluids with enhanced thermophysical properties and heat transfer performance can be applied in many devices for better performances (i.e. energy, heat transfer and other performances). In this paper, a comprehensive literature on the applications and challenges of nanofluids have been compiled and reviewed. Latest up to date literatures on the applications and challenges in terms of PhD and Master thesis, journal articles, conference proceedings, reports and web materials have been reviewed and reported. Recent researches have indicated that substitution of conventional coolants by nanofluids appears promising. Specific application of nanofluids in engine cooling, solar water heating, cooling of electronics, cooling of transformer oil, improving diesel generator efficiency, cooling of heat exchanging devices, improving heat transfer efficiency of chillers, domestic refrigerator-freezers, cooling in machining, in nuclear reactor and defense and space have been reviewed and presented. Authors also critically analyzed some of the applications and identified research gaps for further research. Moreover, challenges and future directions of applications of nanofluids have been reviewed and presented in this paper. Based on results available in the literatures, it has been found nanofluids have a much higher and strongly temperature-dependent thermal conductivity at very low particle concentrations than conventional fluids. This can be considered as one of the key parameters for enhanced performances for many of the applications of nanofluids. Because of its superior thermal performances, latest up to date literatures on this property have been summarized and presented in this paper as well. However, few barriers and challenges that have been identified in this review must be addressed carefully before it can be fully implemented in the industrial applications.
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Additional Information: | Cited By (since 1996): 45 Export Date: 6 December 2012 Source: Scopus CODEN: RSERF Language of Original Document: English Correspondence Address: Saidur, R.; Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; email: saidur912@yahoo.com |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Applications of nanofluids; Challenges of nanofluids; Thermal conductivity; Conventional coolants; Cooling of electronics; Diesel generators; Domestic refrigerators; Engine cooling; Enhanced performance; Future directions; Heat exchanging; Heat transfer efficiency; Heat transfer fluids; Heat transfer performance; Journal articles; Key parameters; Nanofluids; Particle concentrations; Solar water heating; Temperature-dependent thermal conductivity; Thermal Performance; Thermo-physical property; Transformer oil; Web materials; Coolants; Cooling; Electronic cooling; Heat transfer; Industrial applications; Nanofluidics; Nuclear propulsion; Nuclear reactors; Oil filled transformers; Refrigerators; Research; Thermodynamic properties; Thermal conductivity of liquids. |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering |
| Depositing User: | Mr Jenal S |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Jul 2013 08:27 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Nov 2019 08:33 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/6610 |
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