A review on recent advances and applications of nanofluids in plate heat exchanger

Heat exchangers are the very useful component used in various domestic and industrial applications such as water heating, power plants, air conditioning, vehicle industry, food industry, pharmaceutical industry and petrochemical industry etc. The economic considerations associated with heat exchanger are the major challenge for its technological development. The performance improvement of the heat exchanger is also one of the major challenges. The energy utilization efficiency is increased and heat transfer time is reduced by enhancing the heat transfer of the heat exchanger. Utilization of nanofluid is one of the best options to enhance the heat transfer rate due to high thermal conductivity and also overcome the economic consideration associated with heat exchangers. This paper provides an overview of the utilization of nanofluid in a plate heat exchanger. @& nbsp;2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Selection and peer-review under responsibility of the scientific committee of the International Conference on Materials, Processing & Characterization.