Nanofluid Applications for Advanced Thermal Solutions

Dr. Shriram S Sonawane is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology [VNIT], Nagpur. Dr. Sonawane's research area includes a) Polymer Nano-composites b) Nanofluids c) Nano-Separation Technology d) Process Modelling and Simulation. He has 6 patents to his credit. Dr Sonawane recognized amongst 2% scientist declared by AD scientific rankings. He has published more than 150 research papers in various Nationals and Internationals Journals of repute. He also Nominated for the prestigious “Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Award”. He has edited many books and published more than 50 book chapters in various reputed publisher's books. He also served as an Expert in various reputed institutions and organizations. He has received the “Fellow Award” from the Prestigious Maharashtra Academy of Science." He is a Fellow Member of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE). He is an also “Fellow Member” of the Indian water works Association. He was Guest Editor for Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessment (ELSEVIER). He is the “Executive Guest Editor” of the Current Pharmaceutical Bio-Technology Journal. He is also serving in the Editorial body of “Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment." He also served in the Editorial body of “World Research Journal." He has received more than 3200 citations. He has also presented more than 150 research papers in various Nationals and Internationals conferences. He served as Ph.D. and M. Tech. Examiner to various NITs, Universities and colleges. He has been invited for an expert talk from countries like Malaysia, Thailand Singapore, and Belgium, etc. He has guided 9 Ph.D. students. Dr. Sonawane has completed various international and national projects till the date. Mohsen Sharifpur is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, University of Pretoria, South Africa. He is the establisher and Head of Nanofluid Research Laboratory. His research includes mathematical modelling, thermal fluid behaviour and stability of nanofluids, improvement of heat transfer by nanofluids, convective multiphase flow, computational fluid dynamics, and Fluid Dynamics from Nanoscale to Universe scale. He is an innovative thinker and, based on fluid dynamics, constructal law, nature and patterns in nature, and cosmology data, he invented a new general and multidiscipline theory as “Source and Sink Theory”. His general-multidiscipline theory has the potential to describe the early universe better than previous theories, and the link to the online article is https://dx.doi.org/10.22606/tp.2020.51001. He believes his theory is the case for the future. He has published more than 300 articles, conference papers and book chapters, and has been supervised more than 30 research masters and PhD students, as well as postdoctoral researchers.

1. Introduction to nanofluids 2. Synthesis and characterization of Nanofluids 3. Stability of nanofluids 4. Enhancement of heat transfer using nanofluids 5. Application of Nanofluids: Free Convection: Cavities and Layers 6. Application of Nanofluids: Heat Transfer Intensification 7. Application of Nanofluids: Energy storage and Efficiency Improvement 8. Application of Nanofluids: porous media 9. Few more significant applications of nanofluids 10. Overall impact analysis of nanofluids 11. Key markets of nanofluids 12. Progress and Challenges in Nanofluids Research