...Savitri Vemireddi; Sewan Das Patle Purpose Formation of fouling is a serious concern in heat exchanger usage for long run when it is operated with nanofluids. The deposition of the fouling layers significantly reduces the thermal performance of the heat exchanger during the long runtime...

...Chandrasekar Muthukumaran; Anitha SM; Kasiviswanathan MS Purpose The purpose of this reserach work aims to study the steady state laminar mixed convection flow of electro magnetohydrodynamic (EMHD) nanofluid over a continuously moving plate is considered to evaluate the irreversible transportation...

... of nanofluid with Joule heating. Social implications This study is mainly useful for thermal sciences and chemical engineering. Originality/value The investigation of the effects of slip circumstances and Joule heating on magnetohydrodynamic rotating nanoliquid stream with thermal radiation and cross...

... steering nanofluid over a radially stretching exterior subjected to convective heating. In addition, the impacts of thermal and solutal buoyancy forces and activation energy are taken into account. The enlarging velocity is assumed to vary linearly with radial distance. Design/methodology/approach...

...Palash Soni; Fanindra Kumar Verma; Ranjeet Ranjan; Vivek Kumar Gaba Purpose A computational fluid dynamics based parametric analysis for shell and helical tube heat exchanger (SHTHE) using CuO/water and Al₂O₃/water nanofluids is the main purpose of the present work...

.... Graphene is applied in the following two forms: as a solid lubricant and as an inclusion in cutting fluid. Graphene-based self-lubricating tool and graphene added nanofluids are prepared and applied to turning of Inconel 718 at varying cutting velocities. Performances are compared by measuring cutting...

...Rajesh Choudhary; Naveen Sharma; Sudhakar Subudhi Purpose This study aims to deal with the optimization of experimental parameters to obtain maximum heat transfer rate in a Rayleigh–Bénard enclosure filled with the water-based Al₂O₃ nanofluids using the Taguchi method...

...-nanofluid flow. Design/methodology/approach Appropriate similarity transformations are used to convert the governing non-linear partial differential equations into coupled non-linear dimensionless partial differential equations. The transformed equations are then solved using spectral relaxation method...

...Vasu B. Purpose The purpose of this study is to present the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow and heat transfer in an accelerating film of a non-Newtonian pseudo-plastic nanofluid along an inclined surface with viscous dissipation and Joule heating. Design/methodology/approach An incompressible...

...; μ̈₀ = limiting viscosity at zero shear stress; μ̈_∞ = limiting viscosity at infinite shear stress; (ρcp)f = specific heat capacitance of nanofluid; τ̈ = ratio b/w the heat capacity and specific heat capacitance of nanoparticle...

...Essma Belahmadi; Rachid Bessaih Purpose The purpose of this study is to analyze heat transfer and entropy generation of a Cu-water nanofluid in a vertical channel. The channel walls are maintained at a hot temperature Tw. An up flow penetrates the channel at a uniform velocity v₀...

... thermo-physical properties. The effects of the solids volume fraction and the size of the micro-channel on heat transfer enhancement have also been investigated. Design/methodology/approach The authors use the flow of a water-Al2O3 nanofluid and a single-phase approach. The equations are solved using...

... and to create easier stair steps for climbing on the green world dream. Design/methodology/approach In this study, nanotechnology has remarkably built its own use for extending thermal efficiency by using some gradual experiments. It is a phenomenon, like nanofluid (as a working fluid for a direct solar...

...M. Azimi; R. Riazi This paper concerns the analytical investigation of the GO-water nanofluid flow in a semi-porous channel. The Similarity Berman’s transformation is employed to convert the governing partial differential equations of a steady laminar flow of an electrically conducting fluid...