A facile, green fabrication of aqueous nanofluids containing hydrophilic functionalized carbon nanotubes toward improving heat transfer in a closed horizontal flow passage

• Main Authors: Akram, Naveed, Hosseini, Maryam, Sadri, Rad, Kazi, Salim Newaz, Kasaeian, Alibakhsh, Yarmand, Hooman, Hooman, Kamel, Ahmad, Roslina
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2022
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General); TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/42190/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

In the present research, the synthesis of highly stable multiwalled carbon nanotubes in aqueous media is devel-oped using a one-pot, covalent and green functionalization technique to improve the heat transfer and hydrody-namic behavior of a horizontal stainless-steel tube subjected to a uniform heat...