A comprehensive review of energy saving in shell & tube heat exchanger by utilization of nanofluids

Energy saving is the major challenge for people now these days because of the depleting fossils fuels day by day. Shell & tube heat exchanger is used in many industrial applications such as renewable energy, aviation industry, automobile industry, oil, and gas industry and many more for energy conversion at reduced cost without any environmental effects. This is accomplished by utilizing a fluid that has higher thermal conductivity. The utilization of nanofluid in such equipment increases heat transfer rate very rapidly because of its higher thermophysical properties relative to other fluids. The principal goal of this paper is to give an extensive review of the utilization of nanofluids in shell & tube heat exchangers to reduce the pressure drop, increase energy saving and ultimately increase the effectiveness of the system without any environmental effects. Copyright (c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Selection and peer-review under responsibility of the scientific committee of the 2nd International Conference on Functional Material, Manufacturing and Performances