Mathematical Modeling for Nanofluids Simulation: A Review of the Latest Works

Exploiting nanofluids in thermal systems is growing day by day. Nanofluids having ultrafine solid particles promise new working fluids for application in energy devices. Many studies have been conducted on thermophysical properties as well as heat and fluid flow characteristics of nanofluids in various systems to discover their advantag‐ es compared to conventional working fluids. The main aim of this study is to present the latest developments and progress in the mathematical modeling of nanofluids flow. For this purpose, a comprehensive review of different nanofluid computational fluid dynamics (CFD) approaches is carried out. This study provides detailed information about the commonly used formulations as well as techniques for mathematical modeling of nanofluids. In addition, advantages and disadvantages of each method are rendered to find the most appropriate approach, which can give valid results.

[1]  C. Tien,et al.  Effects of thermal dispersion on forced convection in fibrous media , 1988 .

[2]  Sauro Succi.  Lattice Boltzmann equation: Failure or success? , 1996 .

[3]  Young I Cho,et al.  HYDRODYNAMIC AND HEAT TRANSFER STUDY OF DISPERSED FLUIDS WITH SUBMICRON METALLIC OXIDE PARTICLES , 1998 .

[4]  W. Roetzel,et al.  Conceptions for heat transfer correlation of nanofluids , 2000 .

[5]  Y. Xuan,et al.  Lattice Boltzmann model for nanofluids , 2004 .

[6]  Yulong Ding,et al.  Particle migration in a flow of nanoparticle suspensions , 2005 .

[7]  N. Galanis,et al.  Heat transfer enhancement by using nanofluids in forced convection flows , 2005 .

[8]  Kambiz Vafai,et al.  Heat transfer enhancement through control of thermal dispersion effects , 2005 .

[9]  Saeed Zeinali Heris,et al.  Experimental investigation of oxide nanofluids laminar flow convective heat transfer , 2006 .

[10]  J. Buongiorno.  Convective Transport in Nanofluids , 2006 .

[11]  Saeed Zeinali Heris,et al.  EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER OF AL2O3/WATER NANOFLUID IN CIRCULAR TUBE , 2007 .

[12]  Amin Behzadmehr,et al.  Prediction of turbulent forced convection of a nanofluid in a tube with uniform heat flux using a two phase approach , 2007 .

[13]  Peng Xu,et al.  Innovative Hydrocyclone Inlet Designs to Reduce Erosion-Induced Wear in Mineral Dewatering Processes , 2009 .

[14]  Y. Saboohi,et al.  NUMERICAL STUDY OF FORCED CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER OF NANOFLUIDS: COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES , 2010 .

[15]  Ali J. Chamkha,et al.  Mixed convection flow in a lid-driven inclined square enclosure filled with a nanofluid , 2010 .

[16]  Jyotirmay Banerjee,et al.  Analysis of flow and thermal field in nanofluid using a single phase thermal dispersion model , 2010 .

[17]  J. Khodadadi,et al.  Numerical study of turbulent forced convection flow of nanofluids in a long horizontal duct considering variable properties , 2010 .

[18]  Amin Behzadmehr,et al.  Comparative analysis of single and two-phase models for CFD studies of nanofluid heat transfer , 2011 .

[19]  Junfeng Zhang.  Lattice Boltzmann method for microfluidics: models and applications , 2011 .

[20]  Vincenzo Bianco,et al.  Numerical investigation on nanofluids turbulent convection heat transfer inside a circular tube , 2011 .

[21]  M. Saffar-Avval,et al.  Eulerian–Eulerian two-phase numerical simulation of nanofluid laminar forced convection in a microchannel , 2011 .

[22]  Saeed Zeinali Heris,et al.  Numerical investigation of Al2O3/water nanofluid laminar convective heat transfer through triangular ducts , 2011, Nanoscale research letters.

[23]  Mostafa Keshavarz Moraveji,et al.  Comparison between single-phase and two-phases CFD modeling of laminar forced convection flow of nanofluids in a circular tube under constant heat flux ☆ , 2012 .

[24]  M. A. Doheim,et al.  On the application of mixture model for two-phase flow induced corrosion in a complex pipeline configuration , 2012 .

[25]  Rahman Saidur,et al.  Application of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) for nanofluids , 2012 .

[26]  Manu Mital,et al.  Numerical investigation of laminar nanofluid developing flow and heat transfer in a circular channel , 2012 .

[27]  S. Zeinali Heris,et al.  Numerical Study on Convective Heat Transfer of AL2O3/Water, CuO/Water and Cu/Water Nanofluids through Square Cross-Section Duct in Laminar Flow , 2012 .

[28]  Amin Behzadmehr,et al.  Comparative assessment of single and two-phase models for numerical studies of nanofluid turbulent forced convection , 2012 .

[29]  Ghanbar Ali Sheikhzadeh,et al.  Effects of nanoparticles transport mechanisms on Al2O3–water nanofluid natural convection in a square enclosure , 2013 .

[30]  Yurong He,et al.  Numerical simulation of natural convection in a square enclosure filled with nanofluid using the two-phase Lattice Boltzmann method , 2013, Nanoscale Research Letters.

[31]  Amir Malvandi,et al.  The Unsteady Flow of a Nanofluid in the Stagnation Point Region of a Time-dependent Rotating Sphere , 2013 .

[32]  H. Jahanbin,et al.  Numerical investigation of CuO nanoparticles effect on forced convective heat transfer inside a mini-channel : Comparison of different approaches , 2013 .

[33]  Marta Cianfrini,et al.  Two-phase mixture modeling of natural convection of nanofluids with temperature-dependent properties , 2013 .

[34]  M. A. Mansour,et al.  Free convection heat transfer in complex-wavy-wall enclosed cavity filled with nanofluid , 2013 .

[35]  Ali Keshavarz,et al.  Nanofluids thermal behavior analysis using a new dispersion model along with single-phase , 2013 .

[36]  Abbas Abbassi,et al.  Experimental and numerical investigation of nanofluid heat transfer in helically coiled tubes at constant wall temperature using dispersion model , 2013 .

[37]  Mostafa Keshavarz Moraveji,et al.  CFD modeling (comparing single and two-phase approaches) on thermal performance of Al2o3/water nanofluid in mini-channel heat sink , 2013 .

[38]  Nor Azwadi Che Sidik,et al.  Lattice Boltzmann method for convective heat transfer of nanofluids – A review , 2014 .

[39]  Sohail Nadeem,et al.  Optimized analytical solution for oblique flow of a Casson-nano fluid with convective boundary conditions , 2014 .

[40]  Davood Domiri Ganji,et al.  Brownian motion and thermophoresis effects on slip flow of alumina/water nanofluid inside a circular microchannel in the presence of a magnetic field , 2014 .

[41]  Yan-Jun Chen,et al.  Numerical simulations of forced convection heat transfer and flow characteristics of nanofluids in small tubes using two-phase models , 2014 .

[42]  Davood Domiri Ganji,et al.  Magnetic field effect on nanoparticles migration and heat transfer of water/alumina nanofluid in a channel , 2014 .

[43]  Davood Domiri Ganji,et al.  Magnetohydrodynamic mixed convective flow of Al2O3–water nanofluid inside a vertical microtube , 2014 .

[44]  Goodarz Ahmadi,et al.  Entropy Generation during Turbulent Flow of Zirconia-water and Other Nanofluids in a Square Cross Section Tube with a Constant Heat Flux , 2014, Entropy.

[45]  Davood Domiri Ganji,et al.  Modified Buongiorno’s model for fully developed mixed convection flow of nanofluids in a vertical annular pipe , 2014 .

[46]  Davood Domiri Ganji,et al.  Effects of nanoparticle migration on force convection of alumina/water nanofluid in a cooled parallel-plate channel , 2014 .

[47]  Hooman Yarmand,et al.  Numerical Investigation of Heat Transfer Enhancement in a Rectangular Heated Pipe for Turbulent Nanofluid , 2014, TheScientificWorldJournal.

[48]  Mehdi Bahiraei,et al.  A Comprehensive Review on Different Numerical Approaches for Simulation in Nanofluids: Traditional and Novel Techniques , 2014 .

[49]  Majid Hejazian,et al.  Comparative Numerical Investigation on TiO2/Water Nanofluid Turbulent Flow by Implementation of Single Phase and Two Phase Approaches , 2014 .

[50]  H. Erturk,et al.  Comparison of single and two-phase models for nanofluid convection at the entrance of a uniformly heated tube , 2014 .

[51]  Arash Karimipour,et al.  Mixed convection of copper-water nanofluid in a shallow inclined lid driven cavity using the lattice Boltzmann method , 2014 .

[52]  Davood Domiri Ganji,et al.  Effect of magnetic fields on heat convection inside a concentric annulus filled with Al2O3–water nanofluid , 2014 .

[53]  Hamid Naderan,et al.  Heat transfer investigation of laminar developing flow of nanofluids in a microchannel based on Eulerian–Lagrangian approach , 2014 .

[54]  Seyed Mostafa Hosseinalipour,et al.  Prediction of convective heat transfer of Al2O3-water nanofluid considering particle migration using neural network , 2014 .

[55]  Davood Domiri Ganji,et al.  A two-phase theoretical study of Al2O3–water nanofluid flow inside a concentric pipe with heat generation/absorption , 2014 .

[56]  A. Badarudin,et al.  Investigation of Heat Transfer Enhancement in a Forward-Facing Contracting Channel Using FMWCNT Nanofluids , 2014 .

[57]  Roohollah Rafee,et al.  Impact of nanoparticle mean diameter and the buoyancy force on laminar mixed convection nanofluid flow in an elliptic duct employing two phase mixture model , 2014 .

[58]  Goodarz Ahmadi,et al.  Investigation of nanofluid mixed convection in a shallow cavity using a two-phase mixture model , 2014 .

[59]  Paisarn Naphon,et al.  Turbulent two phase approach model for the nanofluids heat transfer analysis flowing through the minichannel heat sinks , 2015 .

[60]  Abbas Abbassi,et al.  Experimental and numerical investigation of turbulent nanofluid flow in helically coiled tubes under constant wall heat flux using Eulerian–Lagrangian approach , 2015 .

[61]  Majid Molki,et al.  Introduction to Compressible Fluid Flow , 2015 .

[62]  Mehdi Ashjaee,et al.  The comparative study of single and two-phase models for magnetite nanofluid forced convection in a tube☆ , 2015 .

[63]  Manish Kumar,et al.  Transient Boundary Layer Laminar Free Convective Flow of a Nanofluid Over a Vertical Cone/Plate , 2015 .

[64]  Tasawar Hayat,et al.  Analytical and numerical solutions for axisymmetric flow of nanofluid due to non-linearly stretching sheet , 2015 .

[65]  Goodarz Ahmadi,et al.  Thermal performance of nanofluid in ducts with double forward-facing steps , 2015 .

[66]  Majid Siavashi,et al.  Numerical investigation of flow characteristics, heat transfer and entropy generation of nanofluid flow inside an annular pipe partially or completely filled with porous media using two-phase mixture model , 2015 .

[67]  Davood Domiri Ganji,et al.  MHD mixed convection in a vertical annulus filled with Al2O3–water nanofluid considering nanoparticle migration , 2015 .

[68]  M.A.H. Mamun,et al.  Combined effect of Reynolds and Grashof numbers on mixed convection in a lid-driven T-shaped cavity filled with water-Al2O3 nanofluid , 2015 .

[69]  Arash Karimipour,et al.  Simulation of copper-water nanofluid in a microchannel in slip flow regime using the lattice Boltzmann method , 2015 .

[70]  Davood Domiri Ganji,et al.  Effects of nanoparticle migration on hydromagnetic mixed convection of alumina/water nanofluid in vertical channels with asymmetric heating , 2015 .

[71]  Davood Domiri Ganji,et al.  Magnetic field effects on nanoparticle migration and heat transfer of alumina/water nanofluid in a parallel-plate channel with asymmetric heating , 2015 .

[72]  Davood Domiri Ganji,et al.  Effects of Nanoparticle Migration on Water/Alumina Nanofluid Flow Inside a Horizontal Annulus with a Moving Core , 2015 .

[73]  Poo Balan Ganesan,et al.  Turbulent forced convection of Cu–water nanofluid: CFD model comparison , 2015 .

[74]  Davood Domiri Ganji,et al.  Fully developed forced convection of alumina/water nanofluid inside microchannels with asymmetric heating , 2015 .

[75]  Davood Domiri Ganji,et al.  Thermophoresis and Brownian motion effects on heat transfer enhancement at film boiling of nanofluids over a vertical cylinder , 2016 .

[76]  Davood Domiri Ganji,et al.  Two-component heterogeneous mixed convection of alumina/water nanofluid in microchannels with heat source/sink , 2016 .

[77]  Roohollah Sadeghi,et al.  Theoretical investigation of nanoparticles aggregation effect on Water-alumina laminar convective heat transfer , 2016 .

[78]  Hakan F. Oztop,et al.  Conjugate natural convection in a cavity with a conductive partition and filled with different nanofluids on different sides of the partition , 2016 .

[79]  Hassen Abbassi,et al.  Numerical Investigation of Heat Transfer by CuO–Water Nanofluid in Rectangular Enclosures , 2016 .

[80]  P. Ganesan,et al.  Numerical study of convective heat transfer of nanofluids: A review , 2016 .

[81]  Ali J. Chamkha,et al.  MHD mixed convection and entropy generation of nanofluid filled lid driven cavity under the influence of inclined magnetic fields imposed to its upper and lower diagonal triangular domains , 2016 .

[82]  Tao Zhang,et al.  Double MRT thermal lattice Boltzmann simulation for MHD natural convection of nanofluids in an inclined cavity with four square heat sources , 2016 .

[83]  Katja Gruenewald,et al.  Handbook Of Numerical Heat Transfer , 2016 .

[84]  Amir Malvandi.  Film boiling of magnetic nanofluids (MNFs) over a vertical plate in presence of a uniform variable-directional magnetic field , 2016 .

[85]  Ali J. Chamkha,et al.  Fluid–structure-magnetic field interaction in a nanofluid filled lid-driven cavity with flexible side wall , 2017 .