Leong, Kin Yuen and Razali, Idayu and Ku Ahmad, Ku Zarina and Ong, Hwai Chyuan and Ghazali, Mariyam Jameelah and Abdul Rahman, Mohd Rosdzimin (2018) Thermal conductivity of an ethylene glycol/water-based nanofluid with copper-titanium dioxide nanoparticles: An experimental approach. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 90. pp. 23-28. ISSN 0735-1933, DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2017.10.005.
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Heat transfer fluid with low thermal conductivity limits the efficiency of thermal systems, such as heat exchangers, which require heat transfer fluid with high thermal conductivity. There is a demand to synthesize heat transfer fluids with high thermal conductivity. The emergence of nanoparticles has led to the development of nanofluids. Nanofluids can be classified as non-hybrid and hybrid nanofluids. This study investigated the thermal conductivity characteristics of a copper‑titanium dioxide (Cu-TiO2) hybrid nanofluid and compared with those of a non-hybrid (Cu and TiO2) nanofluid. In addition, the effects of various factors (weight percentages of the nanoparticles, types of surfactants, pH values of the base fluid solution and sonication times) on the thermal conductivity of theCu-TiO2 hybrid nanofluid were studied. The thermal conductivity of theCu-TiO2 hybrid nanofluid increased in accordance with an increment in the weight percentage of the nanoparticles. The hybrid nanofluid containing 0.8 wt% of Cu-TiO2 and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) as surfactant showed the highest thermal conductivity, exhibiting an improvement of 9.8% compared to that of the base fluid.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia, Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia: RACE/F3/TK1/UPNM/9 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Hybrid nanofluid; Non-hybrid nanofluid; Thermal conductivity; Surfactant; pH; Sonication time |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Jun 2019 07:07 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Jun 2019 07:07 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/21486 |
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