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Experimental investigation on thermophysical properties of ethylene glycol based copper micro- and nanofluids for heat transfer applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2015

Nader Nikkam ,
Morteza Ghanbarpour ,
Rahmatollah Khodabandeh  and
Muhammet S. Toprak
Nader Nikkam
Affiliation:
Department of Materials and Nano Physics, KTH- Royal Institute of Technology, SE-16440 Kista, Stockholm, Sweden.
Morteza Ghanbarpour
Affiliation:
Department of Energy Technology, KTH- Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
Rahmatollah Khodabandeh
Affiliation:
Department of Energy Technology, KTH- Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
Muhammet S. Toprak*
Affiliation:
Department of Materials and Nano Physics, KTH- Royal Institute of Technology, SE-16440 Kista, Stockholm, Sweden.
*
*Email to: toprak@kth.se
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Abstract

The present work reports on the fabrication, experimental and theoretical investigation of thermal conductivity (TC) and viscosity of ethylene glycol (EG) based nanofluids/microfluids (NFs/MFs) containing copper nanoparticles (Cu NPs) and copper microparticles (Cu MPs). Cu NPs (20-40 nm) and Cu MPs (0.5-1.5 μm) were dispersed in EG with particle concentration from 1 wt% to 3 wt% using powerful ultrasonic agitation, and to study the real impact of dispersed particles the use of surface modifier was avoided. The objectives were to study the effect of concentration and impact of size of Cu particles on thermo-physical properties, including thermal TC and viscosity, of EG based Cu NFs/MFs. The physicochemical properties of NPs/MPs and NFs/MFs were characterized by using various techniques. The experimental results exhibited higher TC of NFs and MFs than the EG base liquid. Moreover, Cu NFs displayed higher TC than MFs showing their potential for use in some heat transfer applications. Maxwell effective medium theory as well as Einstein law of viscosity was used to compare the experimental data with the predicted values for estimating the TC and viscosity of Cu NFs/MFs, respectively.

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thermal conductivitynanoscalecolloid
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1779: Symposium M – Nanoscale Heat Transport―From Fundamentals to Devices , 2015 , pp. 69 - 74
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2015 

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