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. 2021 May 26;11:10972. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-89814-z

Table 3.

Average Nusselt number along bottom heated wall for different types of nanofluids and different size of the nanoparticles when Ra=105 and Ha=10.

Nanofluids ϕ Nuav Increase (%) Nanofluids ϕ Nuav Increase (%)
Cu-water 0.00 5.0869043 Cu-kerosene 0.00 5.1108449
0.01 5.1279040 0.81 0.01 5.3390452 4.46
0.05 5.3482914 5.14 0.05 5.5897890 9.37
0.10 5.4715713 7.56 0.10 5.7623863 12.75
Co-water 0.00 5.0869043 Co-kerosene 0.00 5.1108449
0.01 5.1255934 0.76 0.01 5.4048901 5.75
0.05 5.3361810 4.90 0.05 5.7791370 13.08
0.10 5.4451034 7.04 0.10 5.9494259 16.41
Al2O3-water 0.00 5.0869043 Al2O3-kerosene 0.00 5.1108449
0.01 5.1493271 1.23 0.01 5.2676440 3.07
0.05 5.4261935 6.67 0.05 5.5797743 9.18
0.10 5.7008267 12.07 0.10 5.8481775 14.43
TiO2-water 0.00 5.0869043 TiO2-kerosene 0.00 5.1108449
0.01 5.1394618 1.04 0.01 5.1601554 0.96
0.05 5.3977902 6.11 0.05 5.4457005 6.55
0.10 5.6101714 10.29 0.10 5.7818382 13.13
Cu-EG 0.00 5.1015913 Al2O3-EG 0.00 5.1015913
0.01 5.1390452 0.73 0.01 5.1662068 1.27
0.05 5.3897890 5.649 0.05 5.4683156 7.19
0.10 5.5339510 8.47 0.10 5.8291424 14.27
Co-EG 0.00 5.1015913 TiO2-EG 0.00 5.1015913
0.01 5.1391603 0.74 0.01 5.1564652 1.08
0.05 5.3895143 5.64 0.05 5.4205563 6.25
0.10 5.5662212 9.18 0.10 5.7300720 12.32