Table 1 Summary of the earlier evaluations on nanofluid research

Wang and Mujumdar (2007)

Augmentation of thermal conductivity, viscosity, free and forced convection transfer and boiling heat transfer

A. K. Singh (2008)

Thermal conductivity, heat transfer enhancement mechanism, application of the nanofluids

Kakac¸ and Pramuanjaroenkij (2009)

Forced convection heat transfer

Ghadimi et al. (2011)

Stability, characterization, numerical models and measurement methods, thermal conductivity and viscosity of nanofluid

Mohammed et al. (2011)

Types, properties, heat transfer characteristics of nanofluids and margins near the application of nanofluids. Fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics in microchannels heat exchanger

Mohammed et al. (2011)

Preparation of nanofluids methods, types and shapes of nanoparticles, base liquids and additives, transport mechanisms, and permanency of the suspension and heat transfer enhancement

Huminic et al. (2012)

Effective thermal conductivity, viscosity, Nusselt number and application of nanofluids in numerous types of heat exchangers

Ranakoti et al. (2012)

The basic mechanisms of improvement in heat transfer by addition nanoparticles

Philip et al. (2012)

An overview of recent advances in the field of nanofluids, especially the important material properties that affect the thermal properties of nanofluids and novel approaches to achieve extremely high thermal conductivities

Chandrasekar et al. (2012)

Study about thermophysical properties, forced convective heat transfer characteristics, the mechanisms involved and applications of several nanofluids

Daungthongsuk & Wongwises (2007)

Forced convective heat transfer of the nanofluids both of experimental and numerical investigation

Ding et al. (2007)

Forced convective heat transfer by experimental investigation, thermophysical properties, Reynolds number, particle migration effect on thermal boundaries

Godson et al. (2010)

Enhancement of heat transfer, improvement in thermal conductivity, increase in surface volume ratio, Brownian motion, thermophoresis of nanofluids

Murshud et al. (2011)

Various thermal characteristics such as effective thermal conductivity, convective heat transfer coefficient and boiling heat transfer rate of nanofluids

Sarkar et al. (2011)

Heat transfer characteristics of nanofluids in forced and free convection flows, for pressure drop prediction of the nanofluids conventional friction factor correlation of base fluid for both laminar and turbulent flows in minichannel as well as in microchannel is studied

Huminic et al. (2012)

Effective thermal conductivity, viscosity, Nusselt number, and application of nanofluids in numerous types of heat exchangers

Vajjha et al. (2012)

Due to variations of density, specific heat, thermal conductivity and viscosity, the effects on the performance of nanofluids are studied

Yu et al. (2012)

The comparison criteria of the thermophysical property-related heat transfer performance of nanofluids and their base fluids, the predictions of the heat transfer coefficients of nanofluids based on homogeneous fluid models by using nanofluid effective thermophysical properties, the enhancements of the heat transfer coefficients of nanofluids over their base fluids.

Sundar et al. (2013)

Heat transfer and friction factor for different kinds of nanofluids flowing in a plain tube under laminar to turbulent flow conditions, enhancement in heat transfer coefficient.

Suresh kumar et al. (2013)

Transport properties and heat transfer characteristics of base fluids in heat pipes

Corcione et al. (2012)

Heat transfer characteristics of nanofluid