期刊
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS IN HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER
卷 68, 期 -, 页码 32-42出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2015.08.011
关键词
Nanofluid; Thermal conductivity; Viscosity; Heat transfer coefficient; Cooling efficiency
资金
- EU [228882]
The advantages of using Al2O3, TiO2, SiO2 and CeO2 nanofluids as coolants have been investigated by analysing the combined effect of nanoparticles on thermophysical properties and heat transfer coefficient The thermal conductivity and viscosity of these nanofluids were measured at two leading European universities to ensure the accuracy of the results. The relative thermal conductivity of nanofluids agreed with the prediction of the Maxwell model within +/-10% even at elevated temperature of 50 degrees C indicating that the Brownian motion of nanoparticles does not affect thermal conductivity of nanofluids. The viscosity of nanofluids is well correlated by the modified Krieger-Dougherty model providing that the effect of nanoparticle aggregation is taken into account It was found that at the same Reynolds number the advantage of using a nanofluid increases with increasing nanofluid viscosity which is counterintuitive. At the same pumping power nanofluids do not offer any advantage in terms of cooling efficiency over base fluids since the increase in viscosity outweighs the enhancement of thermal conductivity. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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