Boiling heat transfer of nanofluids: A review of recent studies

Abstract

Adding solid particles of nanometer scale to fluids is one of the most important passive methods of enhancing heat transfer performance. However, this gives numerous chances to investigate new frontiers, but also raises remarkable difficulties. Nanofluids act as suspension that can be obtained by dispersing nanometer-sized nanoparticles (1-100nm) in host fluids with the aim of enhancing thermal properties. This paper is a review of recent studies on boiling heat transfer of nanofluids for pool and convective flow boiling of nanofluids. The research results, collected since 2012 to present of the recent survey are reviewed and briefly outlined. An emphasis is put on the enhancement and the deterioration of the boiling heat transfer coefficient and critical heat flux of pool and convective flow boiling of nanofluids. Other important parameters affecting the boiling of nanofluids are identified and discussed in this review. While preparing future studies is greatly encouraged in order make this phenomenon well understood.

Simulation of pool boiling of nanofluids by using Eulerian multiphase model

“…The high heat transfer rate that could be removed during this heat transfer mode was a massive motivation for the researchers of the heat transfer area to understand well this physical phenomenon. Boiling and twophase flow encountered in various industrial applications such as boilers tubes, evaporators, air conditioning, cooling of high heat flux dissipation electronic systems, cooling of nuclear reactors, some chemical process [1][2][3][4][5][6]. Pool boiling is a type of boiling that involves boiling of the stationary liquid inside the vessel (boiling chamber), and it is encountered in the aforementioned industrial application.…”

Experimental studies of flow boiling heat transfer by using nanofluids

“…Fiorelli [23] Pool and flow boiling/HTC They concluded regarding boiling of nanofluids that the interaction between the nanoparticles and the heating surface is the main reason to enhance or decrease the heat transfer performance and it is also could increase the critical heat flux. They also reported that the studies associated with flow boiling of nanofluids are rear and need more efforts to understand this mechanism Kamel and Lezsovits [24] Pool and flow boiling/HTC, CHF and other related parameters…”

“…Kamel and Lezsovits [24] presented the state-of-the-art overview on the subject of boiling heat transfer by using nanofluid and briefly discussed the latest experimental and theoretical studies related to this topic. Their review focused on the works that have done from 2012 until the beginning of 2017.…”

Experimental Investigation on Pool Boiling Heat Transfer Performance Using Tungsten Oxide WO3 Nanomaterial-Based Water Nanofluids

“…Nucleate pool boiling regime, and two-phase flow have a variety of industrial applications such as boiler tubes in power plant, evaporators in refrigeration systems, cooling of macro and microelectronic devices, and cooling of nuclear reactors, etc. [1][2][3]. Removing high heat dissipation with a miniaturization system has always been a key point for designing efficient heat exchange systems.…”