A Critical Review of Recent Research on the Application of Nanofluids in Heat Exchanger
摘要
Heat exchangers (HEs) are the devices that are used to transfer heat from one medium to another. Heat is not mixed together in this type of heat exchanger. A number of research studies have been conducted in order to improve heat transfer through HEs. Nanofluids are used as a coolant in HEs to improve their effectiveness. The nanofluids have been used in HEs recently in various HEs such as pipe-in-pipe heat exchangers, shell and tube HEs, plate heat exchangers and many other heat exchangers. However, several novel developments in the use of HEs and nano-fluids have been made.