TY - JOUR
T1 - Heat transfer augmentation in nanofluids via nanofins
AU - Vadasz, Peter
PY - 2011/1
Y1 - 2011/1
N2 - Theoretical results derived in this article are combined with experimental data to conclude that, while there is no improvement in the effective thermal conductivity of nanofluids beyond the Maxwell's effective medium theory (J.C. Maxwell, Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, 1891), there is substantial heat transfer augmentation via nanofins. The latter are formed as attachments on the hot wire surface by yet an unknown mechanism, which could be related to electrophoresis, but there is no conclusive evidence yet to prove this proposed mechanism.
AB - Theoretical results derived in this article are combined with experimental data to conclude that, while there is no improvement in the effective thermal conductivity of nanofluids beyond the Maxwell's effective medium theory (J.C. Maxwell, Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, 1891), there is substantial heat transfer augmentation via nanofins. The latter are formed as attachments on the hot wire surface by yet an unknown mechanism, which could be related to electrophoresis, but there is no conclusive evidence yet to prove this proposed mechanism.
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U2 - 10.1186/1556-276X-6-154
DO - 10.1186/1556-276X-6-154
M3 - Article
C2 - 21711695
AN - SCOPUS:82655187101
SN - 1931-7573
VL - 6
JO - Nanoscale Research Letters
JF - Nanoscale Research Letters
IS - 1
M1 - 154
ER -