scholarly journals Special Issue on Nanofluids and Their Applications

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 1476
Author(s):  
Guan Yeoh ◽  
Sherman Cheung
Keyword(s):  
Ethylene Glycol ◽  
Base Fluid ◽  
Colloidal Suspensions ◽  
Special Issue

Nanofluids can be considered as engineered colloidal suspensions of nanometer-sized particles in a base fluid of water, ethylene glycol, or oil [...]

scholarly journals Study the Effect of Gum Arabic and Triton X-100 on Stability and Thermal Conductivity of ZnO/ethylene glycol Nanofluids

2021 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-24
Author(s):  
Noor Sabeeh Majeed ◽  
Hussein A. Alabdly ◽  
Hussam Nadum Abdalraheem Al Ani ◽  
Dumitru Pascu ◽  
Aurelia Cristina Nechifor
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Zinc Oxide ◽  
Zeta Potential ◽  
Ethylene Glycol ◽  
Base Fluid ◽  
Thermal Conductivity Coefficient ◽  
Uv Spectroscopy ◽  
Gum Arabic ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Triton X

Stability of nanofluids is one of the most important factors to ensure the most benefit of the properties of nanoparticles. Zinc oxide was used in the research with concentration between (0.2-1) wt. % with ethylene glycol base fluid. The stability of ZnO nanofluid was enhanced by adding two types of surfactants Tx-100 and Gum Arabic with concentration of (0.1-0.5) vol. % to stabilize the ZnO nanoparticles in the base fluid. The results showed that the Gum Arabic surfactant led to more stable fluid than that of Tx-100; this was shown from zeta potential and UV spectroscopy measurements. The thermal conductivity coefficient was also measured, and the results showed that the thermal conductivity increased with adding surfactant than without using a stabilizer.

Isobaric Specific Heat Capacity for Al2O3/ Water Ethylene Glycol Mixture Nanofluid

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Alamir Hassan ◽  
Mohamed Hassan ◽  
Mohamed Shedid
Keyword(s):  
Heat Capacity ◽  
Ethylene Glycol ◽  
Specific Heat ◽  
Base Fluid ◽  
Maximum Deviation ◽  
Experimental Assessment ◽  
Mixture Ratio ◽  
New Correlation ◽  
Isobaric Specific Heat ◽  
Al2o3 Nanoparticle

Abstract Specific heat is a vital characteristic of nanofluids. The present work is an experimental assessment for the isobaric specific heat measurements for the Al2O3 nanoparticle dispersed in a base fluid of different mixture ratio of ethylene glycol and water at 30, 40, 50, and 60 vol%. The experiments were conducted over temperature range from 35 to 105 °C with nanoparticle concentrations of 0.5 to 2.5 vol%. The results indicated that the specific heat of nanofluid decreases as the nanoparticle volume increases and EG ratio increases but increases as the temperature increases. This characteristic demonstrates that the use of nanofluids should be at as high temperature as possible to fulfill a good beneficial effect. A new correlation from the measurements with maximum deviation of 2.2% was found to estimate the specific heat for these nanofluids.

Analysis of nanofluids as a means of thermal conductivity enhancement in heavy machineries

2014 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 238-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayush Jain ◽  
Imbesat Hassan Rizvi ◽  
Subrata Kumar Ghosh ◽  
P.S. Mukherjee
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Ethylene Glycol ◽  
Base Fluid ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Conductivity Enhancement ◽  
Heavy Machinery ◽  
Heat Transfer Fluids ◽  
Experimental Findings

Purpose – Nanofluids exhibit enhanced heat transfer characteristics and are expected to be the future heat transfer fluids particularly the lubricants and transmission fluids used in heavy machinery. For studying the heat transfer behaviour of the nanofluids, precise values of their thermal conductivity are required. For predicting the correct value of thermal conductivity of a nanofluid, mathematical models are necessary. In this paper, the effective thermal conductivity of various nanofluids has been reported by using both experimental and mathematical modelling. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – Hamilton and Crosser equation was used for predicting the thermal conductivities of nanofluids, and the obtained values were compared with the experimental findings. Nanofluid studied in this paper are Al2O3 in base fluid water, Al2O3 in base fluid ethylene glycol, CuO in base fluid water, CuO in base fluid ethylene glycol, TiO2 in base fluid ethylene glycol. In addition, studies have been made on nanofluids with CuO and Al2O3 in base fluid SAE 30 particularly for heavy machinery applications. Findings – The study shows that increase in thermal conductivity of the nanofluid with particle concentration is in good agreement with that predicted by Hamilton and Crosser at typical lower concentrations. Research limitations/implications – It has been observed that deviation between experimental and theoretical results increases as the volume concentration of nanoparticles increases. Therefore, the mathematical model cannot be used for predicting thermal conductivity at high concentration values. Originality/value – Studies on nanoparticles with a standard mineral oil as base fluid have not been considered extensively as per the previous literatures available.

Investigation of the effects of base fluid type of the nanofluid on heat pipe performance

2020 ◽  
pp. 095765092091628 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duygu Yilmaz Aydin ◽  
Metin Gürü ◽  
Adnan Sözen ◽  
Erdem Çiftçi
Keyword(s):  
Ethylene Glycol ◽  
Thermal Resistance ◽  
Heat Pipe ◽  
Base Fluid ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Active Agent ◽  
Deionized Water ◽  
Working Fluid ◽  
Fluid Type ◽  
Surface Active

Most recently, an ascending tendency in nanoparticles containing working fluid utilization has been observed in such thermal systems as double pipe heat exchangers and thermosiphons in so far as its advantages upon the performance of such systems. In order to investigate how the type of the base fluid affects the nanofluid’s properties used for thermal applications, an experimental test rig was setup and two different nanofluid each of which involves different base fluid, but same nanoparticles and surface active agent were tested. During the nanofluid preparation process, bauxite nanoparticles as nanoparticle material and sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate as surface active agents were used in volume fractions of 2% and 0.5%, respectively. As the base fluid type, ethylene glycol and deionized water were utilized. The tests were conducted under diverse working conditions and vacuum pressure. Distribution of temperature ahead the heat pipe wall, efficiency and heat pipe’s thermal resistance was experimentally investigated. It was observed from the experiments that each nanofluid improved the heat pipe performance significantly; however, deionized water/bauxite nanofluid gave the best results in terms of heat pipe’s thermal performance. For each nanofluid, the maximum increment in efficiency was observed under 200 W heating power and 10 g/s cooling water mass flow rate conditions, and improvement rates were 29.5% and 13.3% for ethylene glycol-based and deionized water-based nanofluids, respectively. At least 20% of decline in thermal resistance of the heat pipe was also recorded, when nanofluid was employed as working fluid.

scholarly journals Thermal conductivity enhancement in gold decorated graphene nanosheets in ethylene glycol based nanofluid

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. C. Mbambo ◽  
M. J. Madito ◽  
T. Khamliche ◽  
C. B. Mtshali ◽  
Z. M. Khumalo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Ethylene Glycol ◽  
Base Fluid ◽  
Graphene Nanosheets ◽  
Synthesis Method ◽  
Particle Diameter ◽  
Laser Wavelength ◽  
Hybrid Nanofluid ◽  
Average Particle ◽  
Conductivity Enhancement

Abstract We report on the synthesis and thermal conductivity of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) decorated graphene nanosheets (GNs) based nanofluids. The GNs-AuNPs nanocomposites were synthesised using a nanosecond pulsed Nd:YAG laser (wavelength = 1,064 nm) to ablate graphite target followed by Au in ethylene glycol (EG) base fluid to obtain GNs-AuNPs/EG hybrid nanofluid. The characterization of the as-synthesised GNs-AuNPs/EG hybrid nanofluid confirmed a sheet-like structure of GNs decorated with crystalline AuNPs with an average particle diameter of 6.3 nm. Moreover, the AuNPs appear smaller in the presence of GNs which shows the advantage of ablating AuNPs in GNs/EG. The thermal conductivity analysis in the temperature range 25–45 °C showed that GNs-AuNPs/EG hybrid nanofluid exhibits an enhanced thermal conductivity of 0.41 W/mK compared to GNs/EG (0.35 W/mK) and AuNPs/EG (0.39 W/mK) nanofluids, and EG base fluid (0.33 W/mK). GNs-AuNPs/EG hybrid nanofluid displays superior enhancement in thermal conductivity of up to 26% and this is due to the synergistic effect between AuNPs and graphene sheets which have inherent high thermal conductivities. GNs-AgNPs/EG hybrid nanofluid has the potential to impact on enhanced heat transfer technological applications. Also, this work presents a green synthesis method to produce graphene-metal nanocomposites for various applications.

scholarly journals Base fluid and temperature effects on the heat transfer characteristics of SiC in ethylene glycol/H2O and H2O nanofluids

2011 ◽  
Vol 109 (1) ◽  
pp. 014914 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena V. Timofeeva ◽  
Wenhua Yu ◽  
David M. France ◽  
Dileep Singh ◽  
Jules L. Routbort
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Ethylene Glycol ◽  
Temperature Effects ◽  
Base Fluid ◽  
Heat Transfer Characteristics ◽  
Transfer Characteristics

scholarly journals Heat transfer studies of Al2O3/water-ethylene glycol nanofluid using factorial design analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 21-21
Author(s):  
Srinivasan Manikandan ◽  
Nesakumar Dharmakkan ◽  
Nagamani Sumana
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Ethylene Glycol ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Heat Input ◽  
Base Fluid ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Nanoparticle Volume Fraction ◽  
Experimental Heat ◽  
Fluid Concentration

The experimental study of heat transfer coefficient of nanofluid plays a significant role in improving the heat transfer rate of the heat exchanger. The research was conducted in a natural convection heat transfer apparatus by suspending Al2O3 nanoparticle in a base fluid of Water-Ethylene glycol mixture. The effects of heat input (A), nanoparticle volume fraction (B), and base fluid concentration (C) on experimental heat transfer coefficient (hexpnf) were studied. By the results obtained by MINITDesign software 23 full factorial design matrix, 16 experimental runs were performed with the lower and higher level of input factors. The levels for heat input are 10 and 100 W; nanoparticle volume fraction is 0.1 and 1 volume% and for base fluid concentration is 30 and 50 volume% of Ethylene Glycol in water. From the obtained experimental results residual plots, Pareto chart, contour plot and 3D surface plots were drawn. It can be found from the study that the experimental heat transfer coefficient showed highest enhancement with high level of nanoparticle volume fraction and moderate enhancement with high level of heat input and slight enhancement with base fluid concentration.

scholarly journals Car Antifreeze and Coolant: Comparing Water and Ethylene Glycol as Nano Fluid Base Fluid

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 17-37
Author(s):  
Ancent Makau Kimulu ◽  
Winfred Nduku Mutuku ◽  
Nicholas Muthama Mutua
Keyword(s):  
Ethylene Glycol ◽  
Base Fluid ◽  
Nano Fluid
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