Investigation on Heat Transfer Enhancement in Microchannel Using Al₂O₃/Water Nanofluids

Table 1

Performance of microchannel used with various nanofluid additives.

Type of nanofluid used	Heat transfer rate; (W/m^2K)	Thermal resistance; (K/W)	Pressure drop; (N/m^2)	Reference
SiO2–based dilute nanofluids	153	—	0.0020	[5]
Ethylene glycol: water nanofluids	165	1.1	0.0022	[23]
CU-water nanofluid	144	1.0	0.0024	[3]
Water-Fe3O4/CNT hybrid nanofluid	160	—	0.0025	[18]
Oil/MWCNT nanofluid	140	0.85	—	[20]
Water/CuO nanofluid and L-shaped porous ribs	150	0.7	0.0028	[16]
Al2O3-water nanofluids	165	0.6	0.0030	[14]
Hybrid nanofluid	157	—	0.0031	[2]
Graphene nanoplatelets–silver/water nanofluids	168	0.83	0.0023	[27]
FMWCNT nanofluids	146	0.81	—	[28]