Title :
Predicting the thermal conductivity of nanofluids based on suspension viscosity
Author :
Chen, Haisheng ; Witharana, Sanjeeva ; JIN, Yi ; Ding, Yulong ; Kim, Chongyoup
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Particle Sci. & Eng., Univ. of Leeds, Leeds
Abstract :
A methodology to predict the thermal conductivity of nanofluids based on the suspension rheology is proposed and experimentally validated by using four types of nanofluids; the suspensions of titania nanoparticles and titanate nanotubes in water and ethylene glycol liquids. Such a methodology lies in the use of suspension rheological behaviour to determine the microstructure of nanofluids, which is then used for the thermal conductivity prediction.
Keywords :
microfluidics; nanofluidics; nanotubes; rheology; suspensions; thermal conductivity; viscosity; ethylene glycol liquids; nanofluid microstructure; nanofluid thermal conductivity; suspension rheology; suspension viscosity; titanate nanotubes; titania nanoparticles; Anti-freeze; Heat transfer; Nanobioscience; Nanoparticles; Nanotubes; Rheology; Scanning electron microscopy; Thermal conductivity; Titanium compounds; Viscosity;
Conference_Titel :
Information and Automation for Sustainability, 2008. ICIAFS 2008. 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Colombo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2899-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2900-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICIAFS.2008.4783924
