ABSTRACT

Though attempts have been made to explain the physical reasons for such enhancement in nanofluids, there are still many conspicuous incon­ sistencies (Keblinski, Prasher, and Eapen 2008). There are at least four rea­ sons why a definitive theory on nanofluids still does not exist (Das et al. 2007; Wang and Fan 2010):

• The thermal behavior is too different from solid-solid composites or standard solid-liquid suspensions.