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The mechanism of heat transfer in nanofluids: state of the art (review). Part 2. Convective heat transfer

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In the second part of review, we have considered the problems related to momentum and heat transfer in nanofluids. Results on hydrodynamic friction, forced and free convection in the laminar and turbulent flows are analysed; heat transfer at boiling is considered. The available models describing heat transfer intensification and suppression in nanofluids are studied. It is shown that for some problems on convective heat transfer there is a contradiction in data of different authors; possible reasons for this contradiction are analysed.

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The mechanism of heat transfer in nanofluids: state of the art (review). Part 1. Synthesis and properties of nanofluids, Thermophysics and Aeromechanics, 2010, Vol. 17, No. 1, P. 1–15.

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Terekhov, V.I., Kalinina, S.V. & Lemanov, V.V. The mechanism of heat transfer in nanofluids: state of the art (review). Part 2. Convective heat transfer. Thermophys. Aeromech. 17, 157–171 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0869864310020010

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