A Study of Heat Transfer with Nanofluids

Abstract

The seminar report gives an overview of history and evolution of nanofluids, synthesis and preparation methods, the rationale behind nanofluids, mechanisms of heat transfer, their types– about carbon nanotube nanofluids, their applications, and advantages. Nanofluids are suspensions of nanoparticles in fluids that show significant enhancement of their properties at modest nanoparticles concentrations. The available models of physical mechanisms of heat transfer intensification and suppression in nanofluids are presented. The thermal conductivities of different types of nanofluids when compared, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) appear as the promising nanomaterials and have particularly attracted attention from researchers due to their superior thermal features.