Shear stability and thermophysical properties of titania nanofluids

Author

Witharana, Sanjeeva ; Chen, Halsheng ; Musina, Zenfira ; Ding, Yulong ; Yi Jin

Author_Institution

Inst. of Particle Sci. & Eng., Univ. of Leeds., Leeds, UK

fYear

2010

fDate

17-19 Dec. 2010

Firstpage

555

Lastpage

559

Abstract

An experimental study was carried out to investigate the structural stability of ethylene glycol based titanium dioxide nanoparticle suspensions (nanofluids) prepared with two-step method. Effect of particle concentration, fluid temperature, shear rate and shear duration were investigated. It was found that the temperature resolved thermal conductivity of nano fluid-, followed die trend of the base fluids, Thermal conductivity enhancement was dependent on particle loading but nearly independent of temperature. Shear stability tests suggested that the structure of nanoparticle aggregates was stable at a shear rate of 500-300 1/s over a temperatures range of 20-60°C. These findings shed some light to the interpretation of controversies surrounding the mechanisms of thermal conduction and convective heat transfer enhancement of nanofluids.

Keywords

convection; liquid structure; nanoparticles; organic compounds; suspensions; thermal conductivity; titanium compounds; TiO₂; convective heat transfer; die trend; ethylene glycol based titanium dioxide nanoparticle suspensions; fluid temperature; nanoparticle aggregates; particle concentration; resolved thermal conductivity; shear duration; shear stability test; structural stability; temperature 20 degC to 60 degC; thermal conduction; thermal conductivity; thermophysical property; titania nanofluids; Atmospheric measurements; Conductivity; Heating; Particle measurements; Temperature measurement; Thermal conductivity; Thermal stability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information and Automation for Sustainability (ICIAFs), 2010 5th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Colombo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8549-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIAFS.2010.5715723

Filename

5715723