Heat and Mass Transfer in Nanofluids and Hybrid Nanofluids

Submission Deadline: 31 January 2027 View: 58 Submit to Special Issue

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Prof. Valery Ya. Rudyak

Email: valery.rudyak@mail.ru

Affiliation: Department of Theoretical Mechanics, Novosibirsk State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Novosibirsk, Russia

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Research Interests: nanofluid, hybrid nanofluids, rheology, transport processes, application of nanofluids, molecular simulation, CFD modeling

Summary

Nanofluids (NFs) are usually called suspensions with nanoparticles or carbon nanotubes (CNTs). These are unusual dispersed fluids, their transport processes are not described by classical theories for coarse dispersed liquids. Interest in them has not waned for almost thirty years, which is due to the wide range of existing and promising applications. In the last decade, it has been experimentally established that the properties of NFs with different nanoparticles or nanoparticles and CNTs, which are called hybrid NFs (HNFs), are radically different from conventional NFs. For example, their thermal conductivity turns out to be significantly higher than the thermal conductivity of ordinary NFs. The variety of possible HNFs, however, is so great that are still no considerations that allow us to predict their thermophysical properties. Many problems also remain in the study of conventional NFs. The proposed issue of the journal aims to fill the existing gap in understanding the transport processes in NFs and HNFs. The journal's scope includes, but is not limited to, the following key areas.

· Experimental and theoretical study of transport processes in NFs and HNFs.
· Experimental and theoretical study of heat transfer properties of NFs and HNFs.
· CFD modeling of NF and HNF flows.
· Molecular study of the mechanisms of transport processes in NFs and HNFs.
· Heat and mass transfer from a hot surface by an evaporating NF film.
· Heat exchange in NFs with non-Newtonian rheology.
· New potential areas of practical application of NFs and HNFs.
· New technologies for creating NFs.
· Development of methods for creating NFs and HNFs with control properties.

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