AN OVERVIEW OF RECENT NANOFLUID RESEARCH

Abstract

Nanofluids consist of nanoparticles suspended in a liquid medium and the particle size is smaller than 100 nm. Nanofluids have great thermo-physical properties such as thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity, viscosity and heat transfer coefficient as compared to their base fluids. The key feature of nanofluid is its superior thermal conductivity. They have exciting applications in various fields of science and technology. The production of efficient nanofluids with controllable micro structures has been possible because of the chemical solution method. This enables us to design micro structures that could helps to control chemical reactions which take place at a rapid pace and involve a high degree of precision. The industrial production of nanofluids would only be made possible with the help of future research. Nanofluids offer us greener solutions for our current technological problems. The nanofluid technology can only grow if the production costs are optimized and better stability is achieved for nanofluids. The pharmaceutical sector would gain a lot from the future research in the field of nanofluid technology because it would make the targeted delivery of drug possible.