TY - JOUR
T1 - Recent developments on fractal-based approaches to nanofluids and nanoparticle aggregation
AU - Cai, Jianchao
AU - Hu, Xiangyun
AU - Xiao, Boqi
AU - Zhou, Yingfang
AU - Wei, Wei
N1 - This project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 41572116, 51576114, 41630317), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) (No. CUG160602) and the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province of China (No. 2016J01254). The authors of the figures that used in presented review are also highly appreciated.
PY - 2017/2/1
Y1 - 2017/2/1
N2 - The properties of nanoparticles and its aggregation as well as convective heat transfer of nanofluids have received great attentions over the last few decades. It is well certified that nanoparticles and its aggregation can be successfully described by fractal theory and technology. In this review, the fractal properties of nanoparticle and its aggregation are firstly introduced, and then the recent investigations on the fractal models and fractal-based approaches that applied for effective thermal conductivity, convective heat transfer, critical heat flux and subcooled pool boiling of nanofluids, fractal clusters and yield stress property of nanoparticle aggregation are summarized.
AB - The properties of nanoparticles and its aggregation as well as convective heat transfer of nanofluids have received great attentions over the last few decades. It is well certified that nanoparticles and its aggregation can be successfully described by fractal theory and technology. In this review, the fractal properties of nanoparticle and its aggregation are firstly introduced, and then the recent investigations on the fractal models and fractal-based approaches that applied for effective thermal conductivity, convective heat transfer, critical heat flux and subcooled pool boiling of nanofluids, fractal clusters and yield stress property of nanoparticle aggregation are summarized.
KW - nanoparticle aggregation
KW - fractal
KW - nanofluids
KW - thermal conductivity
KW - convective heat transfer
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84991458161&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2016.10.011
DO - 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2016.10.011
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84991458161
VL - 105
SP - 623
EP - 637
JO - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
JF - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
SN - 0017-9310
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