Journal
ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE
Volume 6, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.182040
Keywords
absorption refrigeration; ionanofluids; thermal conductivity; heat transfer coefficient
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51606174]
- Key scientific research projects in colleges and universities in Henan Province [17A470017]
- Innovative Research Team (in Science and Technology) in University of Henan Province [17IRTSTHN029]
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The ionic liquid (IL) 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate ([EMIm] Ac) was investigated as a promising absorbent for absorption refrigeration. To improve the thermal conductivity of pure [EMIm] Ac, IL-based nanofluids (ionanofluids, INFs) were prepared by adding graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs). The thermal stability of the IL and INFs was analysed. The variations of the thermal conductivity, viscosity and specific heat capacity resulting from the addition of the GNPs were then measured over a wide range of temperatures and mass fractions. The measured data were fitted with appropriate equations and compared with the corresponding classical models. The results revealed that the IL and INFs were thermally stable over the measurement range. The thermal conductivity greatly increased with increasing mass fraction, while only slightly changed with increasing temperature. A maximum enhancement in thermal conductivity of 43.2% was observed at a temperature of 373.15 K for the INF with a mass fraction of 5%. The numerical results revealed that the dispersion of the GNPs in the pure IL effectively improved the local heat transfer coefficient by up to 28.6%.
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