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ADVANCES IN COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
Volume 294, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2021.102452
Keywords
Nanofluids; Graphene; Thermal conductivity; Chemical modification; Performance comparison
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- Lorraine Universite d'Excellence, LUE International program
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Nanofluids composed of nanoparticles added to conventional fluids are seen as promising heat transfer fluids, with graphene emerging as the prime candidate due to its high thermal conductivity. Graphene-based nanofluids have shown significant enhancements in thermal conductivity over the past decade, but optimizing their efficiency remains challenging due to various interlinked parameters. The study proposes a quantitative approach to compare the enhancement of thermal conductivity, aiming to provide a reference tool for the nanofluid community to determine optimal preparation conditions without compromising thermal performance.
Nanofluids which consist of nanoparticles added to conventional fluids (or base fluids) are considered as promising heat transfer fluids. Compared to metal, metal oxide nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes, graphene with its extremely high intrinsic thermal conductivity became the best candidate to design nanofluids. Such nanofluids have the potential to be highly-efficient heat transfer fluid by reducing loss of heat and increasing cooling rates. Over the last ten years, graphene-based nanofluids have shown significant thermal conductivity enhancements, however due to the numerous and interlinked parameters to consider, optimisation of their efficiency is still challenging. The present review article analyses and discusses the reported thermal conductivity in term of performance with respect to the amount of the used graphene to develop the prepared nanofluids. The enhancement of thermal conductivity must meet the minimal graphene amount due to its production cost and because graphene nanoparticles induces high viscosity in the nanofluid leading to higher energy consumption for the heat transfer systems. Unprecedented in the literature, this work proposes a simple approach to quantitatively compare the enhancement of the thermal conductivity of the nanofluids. The thermal conductivity performance parameter introduced could be applied to all nanofluid families and may become a reference tool in the nanofluid community. Such tool will help to determine the optimal preparation conditions without compromising the superior thermal performances. (C) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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