25-08-2017, 09:32 PM
Abstracts: Nanofluids, as a kind of new engineering material consisting of nanometer-sized additives and base fluids. The nanoparticles used in nanofluids are typically made of metals, oxides, carbides, or carbon nanotubes. Common base fluids include water, ethylene glycol and oil. As in the conventional cooling fluid, due to its low heat transfer coefficient the heat transfer capacity of the fluid is very less, when the nano particles are added in the base fluid in particular volumetric percentage of the base fluid, the heat transfer coefficient of the mixture (Nanofluid) is increases. Thus it has higher heat transfer rate for same physical conditions. The aim of the review is to analyze the different properties of the base fluid and nanofluid at different volume concentration and compare them experimentally.