A review of boiling heat transfer in nanofluids

Nanofluids have been highly interested by researchers based on their interesting thermophysical properties and application in important branches of engineering such as heat transfer. However, there are contradictions in the laboratory results and the topics presented in several cases such as effective heat conduction, convection heat transfer coefficient and boiling heat transfer rate. In contrast to convective heat transfer, limited efforts have been made in boiling nanofluids. However, to exploit nanofluids as the next generation of coolants, boiling research is essential. The boiling process in magnetic fluids (a class of nanofluids with magnetic nanoparticles, mainly iron), in addition to showing the general characteristics of the boiling of nanofluids, is remarkable due to its ability to be controlled by the application of a magnetic field.