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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER
Volume 111, Issue -, Pages 279-288Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2017.03.118
Keywords
Nanofluids; Brownian motion; Thermophoresis; Boundary layer; Similarity solutions; Heat transfer
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- la Caixa foundation
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion [MTM2014-56218]
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Recent experimental evidence has clearly demonstrated that nanofluids do not provide the greatly enhanced heat transfer predicted in the past. Despite seemingly conclusive proof there is still a great deal of current mathematical research asserting the opposite result. In this paper we scrutinise the mathematical work and demonstrate that the disagreement can be traced to a number of issues. These include the incorrect formulation of the governing equations; the use of parameter values orders of magnitude different to the true values (some requiring nanoparticle volume fractions greater than unity and nanoparticles smaller than atoms); model choices that are based on permitting a reduction using similarity variables as opposed to representing an actual physical situation; presentation of results using different scalings for each fluid. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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