A Review on Heat Transfer of Nanofluids by Applied Electric Field or Magnetic Field

Abstract

Nanofluids are considered to be a next-generation heat transfer medium due to their excellent thermal performance. To investigate the effect of electric fields and magnetic fields on heat transfer of nanofluids, this paper analyzes the mechanism of thermal conductivity enhancement of nanofluids, the chaotic convection and the heat transfer enhancement of nanofluids in the presence of an applied electric field or magnetic field through the method of literature review. The studies we searched showed that applied electric field and magnetic field can significantly affect the heat transfer performance of nanofluids, although there are still many different opinions about the effect and mechanism of heat transfer. In a word, this review is supposed to be useful for the researchers who want to understand the research state of heat transfer of nanofluids.

Impact of the Magnetic Field on the Performance of Heat Pipes Driven by a Photovoltaic–Thermal Panel with Nanofluids

“…where C p is the specific heat, α is the thermal diffusivity, λ and ρ represent the thermal conductivity and density, respectively. The specific heat is calculated for nanofluids as follows [14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]:…”

“…Nanofluids have excellent thermal conductivity [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] and have been applied as the working fluids in traditional heat pipe applications to enhance thermal performance. "In the presence of an external magnetic field, the thermal conductivity of magnetite nanofluids increases with the increase in the volumetric concentration of magnetic particles, which is associated with the increase in the magnetic field strength" [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24].…”

“…"The study of Wang et al [14] presented a critical review of nanofluids that are considered to be next-generation heat transfer media due to their excellent thermal performance. The study investigated the effect of electric and magnetic fields on the heat transfer of nanofluids.…”

“…Based on a literature review, the authors analyzed the mechanism of thermal conductivity enhancement of nanofluids, the chaotic convection, and the heat transfer enhancement of nanofluids in the presence of an applied electric field or a magnetic field". Reference [14] also presented research that showed that applied electric and magnetic fields can significantly affect the heat transfer performance of nanofluids, although numerous different opinions exist about the effect and mechanism of heat transfer". Their work was intended to present the current state of research into the heat transfer of nanofluids under the influence of a magnetic field".…”

Theoretical Study of Mixed Convection Cooling of Microprocessor Using CuO Nanofluid. (Dept. M)

“…Zhang et al [1] carried out a review for heat transfer options of electronic equipments and highlighted the opportunity of Cellulose Nanofiber-based constituents for effective thermal performance in expressions of energy storage with super capacitors, batteries, and solar panels. Wang et al [2] presented a literature survey to study the possibility of improving heat transfer characteristics of nanofluids, chaos convection, and heat transfer optimization of nanofluids with the response to an applied electromagnetic field. Alihosseini et al [3] focused mostly on studying discrepancy in a cross-section effect on the thermal properties efficiency of micro channel heat sinks.…”