Journal
APPLIED ENERGY
Volume 124, Issue -, Pages 248-255Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.03.019
Keywords
Sodium dodecylsulfate; Nanofluid; Solidification; Adsorption; Supercooling
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Funding
- Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [51106031, 51376050]
- Guangdong Natural Science Foundation [S2013020012817]
- Guangdong Provincial Department of Science and Technology (GPDST) [U0934006]
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The solidification processes of titanium (TiO2) nanofluids and deionized water (DW) were measured by differential scanning calorimetry to explore the effect of sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) surfactants on the supercooling degree of TiO2 nanofluids. The supercooling degrees of TiO2 nanofluids without surfactants were approximately 11.5% lower than that of DW, and the values did not change significantly with nanoparticle concentration. However, the addition of SOS surfactants could reduce the supercooling degree of TiO2 nanofluids. With increasing surfactant-to-nanoparticle mass ratio and SDS concentration, the reduction in the supercooling degrees of TiO2 nanofluids increased to a maximum value of approximately 30.6%. These phenomena indicated that the surfactants served an important function in enhancing heterogeneous nucleation in TiO2 nanofluids. The theoretical analysis of heterogeneous nucleation associated with surfactants revealed that the surfactants reduced the free energy change required for nucleation in TiO2 nanofluids by changing the contact angle of nanoparticles. The supercooling degree of TiO2 nanofluids was found to be closely related to the adsorption density of SOS, that is, large adsorption densities resulted in low supercooling degrees. When the saturation adsorption density of SDS on TiO2 nanoparticles was reached, the reduction in the supercooling degree of TiO2 nanofluids caused by surfactants was at its maximum. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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