Nanofluids for thermal applications

The efforts aimed at improving heat exchangers in many industrial sectors (automotive, electronic, etc.) require the intensifying of heat transfer by convection. New optimization means must therefore be studied. The usage of nanofluids as thermal fluids is a new domain which is still at the research stage. The influence of a certain number of parameters, such as size and form, the phenomena at interfaces between liquid and particle are still ill-understood and characterized. The successful development of an industrial nanofluid requires simultaneously solving several issues and primarily improving the thermal exchange coefficient.