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A Comprehensive Review on Efficiency Enhancement of Solar Collectors Using Hybrid Nanofluids.
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Numerical analysis of absorption refrigeration system using nanofluid as an absorbent.
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A review of stability, thermophysical properties and impact of using nanofluids on the performance of refrigeration systems.
Noble nanofluids and their hybrids for heat transfer enrichment: a review and future prospects coverage.
A review of the use of nanofluids as heat-transfer fluids in parabolic-trough collectors.
Thermal performance analysis of a domestic-size absorption cooling system incorporating nanofluid with thermal insulation in hot climate of Algeria.
Review on mono and hybrid nanofluids: preparation, properties, investigation, and applications in IC engines and heat transfer.
Evaluation of the convective heat transfer performance for a graphene derivative nanofluid through a test rig.
Comparative performance study of active magnetic regenerative system using mono/hybrid nanofluids.
Heat transfer nanofluids for trigeneration systems: fabrication and experimental investigation of viscosity at below-ambient temperatures.
Heat Transfer Characteristics of Conventional Fluids and Nanofluids in Micro-Channels with Vortex Generators: A Review.
Evaluation of heat transfer augmentation and pressure drop by water/ethylene glycol nanofluid.
A review of artificial intelligence methods in predicting thermophysical properties of nanofluids for heat transfer applications.
Effects of ZnO/water nanofluid on the thermal performance of wet cooling towers.
Experimental investigation on the use of CuO/water nanofluid in horizontal spiral-coil ground heat exchanger.
Refrigeration sector monitoring
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Evaporative and thermoelectric cooling improve the efficiency of solar panels
Among several cooling methods reviewed in an article in Energies, evaporative and thermoelectric cooling offer substantial improvements in energy efficiency and a positive environmental footprint while...
Cooling solutions for hybrid electric aircraft
The electrification of aircraft propulsive systems requires specific cooling technologies as part of the decarbonation of the aviation industry. A recent review article presents...
Road to COP28. Energy efficiency and recovery of refrigerants
“Sustainability must refer to energy efficiency and circularity”, says Dr Laura Fedele, IIR expert.
Overview of data center cooling technologies
The very huge growth in Internet traffic requires the continued development of new energy-efficient data center cooling technologies, based primarily on liquid...
ICR 2019: an overview of current refrigeration research (part I)
Presentation of the main scientific and technical topics covered in the papers of the 25th IIR International Congress of Refrigeration and summary of some of the 14 keynotes.
A promising future for nanorefrigerants
A review article published in the IJR highlights the remarkable heat transfer properties of nanorefrigerants, which are leading to significant improvements in the performance of refrigeration systems.
IIR news
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ICR 2011 in Prague: a Resounding Success
The 23rd IIR International Congress of Refrigeration held in Prague, on August 21-26, 2011, was highly successful...
AGRI-COOL consortium meeting in Vicenza: First operational demonstrator commissioned
On 10–11 June 2025, the partners of the European AGRI-COOL project gathered in Vicenza, Italy, for the project’s annual consortium meeting, marking a key milestone: the commissioning of the very first fully...
4th IIR Conference on Thermophysical Properties and Transfer Process of Refrigerants: a very successful event
The 4th IIR Conference on Thermophysical Properties and Transfer Process of Refrigerants (TPTPR) was held at TU Delft, the Netherlands, on June 16-19, 2013. 4 keynote lectures and 66 papers were presented during this highy successful...
Encyclopedia of Refrigeration
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Nanorefrigerants
Nanorefrigerants are created by adding nanoparticles in suspension to a base refrigerant. They have a thermal conductivity that is 15% to 104% higher than that of the corresponding...
