Review Article

A Perspective Review on Thermal Conductivity of Hybrid Nanofluids and Their Application in Automobile Radiator Cooling

Table 9

Some empirical correlations for the thermal conductivity of hybrid nanofluids.

ModelExpressionComment

Jana et al. [52]CNTs-AuNP/water
CNTs-CuNP/water
Esfe et al. [66]Ag + MgO/water (50% : 50%)
0  0 : 02
Valan Arasu et al. [259]TiO2-Ag/water
0.1  0 : 4,
35°C T 60°C
Esfe et al. [90]Cu-TiO2/water-ethylene
Glycol (60 : 40)
0 0 : 02
30°C T 60°C
Esfe et al. [193]SWCNT-MgO/EG
0  0 : 02
30°C T 50°C
Sarbolookzadeh Harandi et al. [189]MWCNTs-Fe3O4/ethylene glycol
0  0.023
25°C T 50°C
Sundar et al. [152]ND-Fe3O4/water
For T = 20°C, a = 1 : 0149; b = 0 : 2403ND-Fe3O4/EG-water (20 : 80, 40 : 60, and 60 : 40)
T = 30°C, a = 1 : 0188; b = 0 : 37510  0 : 002
T = 40°C, a = 1 : 0157; b = 0 : 472820°C T 60°C
T = 50°C, a = 1 : 0168; b = 0 : 5697
T = 60°C, a = 1 : 0150; b = 0 : 6818
Sundar et al. [151]ND-Co3O4/water
ND-Co3O4/ethylene
Glycol
ND-Co3O4/EG-water (20 : 80, 40 : 60, and 60 : 40)
0  0 : 0015
20°C T 60°C
Vafaei et al. [191]MgO-MWCNTs/ethylene glycol
0  0 : 006
25°C T 50°C
Afrand [192]MgO-fMWCNT/ethylene
Glycol
0  0 : 006
25°C T 50°C
Rostami et al. [260]MWCNTs-TiO2/ethylene glycol
0.005  1
25°C T 50°C
Esfahani et al. [150]ZnO-Ag (50%–50%)/water for 25°C ≤ T ≤ 50°C, 0% ≤ ≤ 2%
Bagheri and Ahmadi Nadooshan [180]ZnO-MWCNT/water-ethylene glycol (25%:75%)
0.1% ≤ ϕ ≤ 1.6%,
25°C ≤ t ≤ 50°C
Moradi et al. [174]TiO2-MWCNTs (70–30)/EG-water
0.0625% ≤ ϕ ≤ 1 : 0%,
20°C ≤ t ≤ 50°C
Moghadam et al. [261]GO-TiO2/water
20°C ≤ T ≤ 50°C
0% ≤  ≤ 1.0%
Mahyari et al. [145]GO-SiC (50% : 50%)
0.05% ≤  ≤ 1 : 0%
25°C ≤ t ≤ 50°C
Rostami et al. [157]CuO-GO/water-ethylene glycol (50% : 50%)
0.1% ≤ ϕ ≤ 1.6%
25°C ≤ t ≤ 50°C
Soltani et al. [226]WO3-MWCNTs/engine oil
0.05% ≤ ϕ ≤ 0 : 6%
20°C ≤ t ≤ 60°C
Tiwari et al. [89]CeO2+MWCNT (80:20)/water based for 30°C ≤ T ≤ 50°C, 0% ≤  ≤ 1 : 50%
Kamel et al. [117]Al2O3-CeO2 (80 : 20)/water based
0.01% ≤  ≤ 0 : 50%
35°C ≤ T ≤ 50°C
Kanti et al. [262]Fly ash-Cu/water
0.5 < < 4.0%
30 <T < 60°C