Several polymers like ethylene glycol exhibit non-Newtonian rheological behavior. Ethylene glycol is a world-widely used engine coolant and therefore, investigation of thermal enhancement by dispersing mono and hybrid nanoparticles in ethylene glycol is worthful. Since ethylene glycol has shear rate-dependent viscosity and it obeys the power-law rheological model. Therefore, based on these facts, the power-law rheological model with thermophysical properties is augmented with basic law of heat transfer in fluid for the modeling of the considered physical situation. [Formula: see text] are taken as mono-nanoparticles where [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] are taken as hybrid nanoparticles. Comparative study for the enhancement of thermal performance of MoS2 ethylene glycol and [Formula: see text]-[Formula: see text]- ethylene glycol is done. For energy conservation, non-Fourier's law of Cattaneo-Christov is used. The power-law fluid becomes more heat generative due to the dispersion of [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]. However, [Formula: see text]-power-law fluid is less heat generative relative to [Formula: see text]- [Formula: see text]-nanofluid. Thermal relaxation time is found proportional to the ability of the fluid to restore its thermal equilibrium.
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