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http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/6807| Title: | Thermal conductivity modeling of nanofluids |
| Authors: | Farhadi, K Croft, NT 3rd Micro and Nano Flows Conference (MNF2011) |
| Keywords: | Nanofluids;Thermal conductivity;Heat flux;Nanolayer;Micro-convection |
| Issue Date: | 2011 |
| Publisher: | Brunel University |
| Citation: | 3rd Micro and Nano Flows Conference, Thessaloniki, Greece, 22-24 August 2011 |
| Abstract: | In the present work, a mathematical model for predicting effective thermal conductivity of nanofluids containing spherical nanoparticles is developed. This model takes into account the effects of an interfacial nanolayer formed by liquid molecule layering on the particle liquid interface as well as microconvection caused by thermal motion of nanoparticles. The present model has been proposed in order to calculate the effective thermal conductivity of nanofluids. The model accounts for the enhancement in effective thermal conductivity of a nanofluid with respect to the suspended nanoparticles size, volume fraction, temperature and thermal conductivities of the nanoparticle and base fluid. The results show that the prediction capability of the developed model is good by the way of comparison with the existing recent experimental data. |
| Description: | This paper was presented at the 3rd Micro and Nano Flows Conference (MNF2011), which was held at the Makedonia Palace Hotel, Thessaloniki in Greece. The conference was organised by Brunel University and supported by the Italian Union of Thermofluiddynamics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University of Thessaly, IPEM, the Process Intensification Network, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, the Heat Transfer Society, HEXAG - the Heat Exchange Action Group, and the Energy Institute. |
| URI: | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/6807 |
| ISBN: | 978-1-902316-98-7 |
| Appears in Collections: | Brunel Institute for Bioengineering (BIB) The Brunel Collection |
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