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Title: Electrical conductivity for Copper Oxide (CuO) nanofluids in the superconducting phase. A generalization of Type II superconductivity hydrodynamics behavior
Authors: Vekris, GE
Manavis, CK
Kyriakoudis, NN
Hadjinicolaou, M
Balachandran, W
Karayiannis, TG
3rd Micro and Nano Flows Conference (MNF2011)
Keywords: Superconductors;Two-phase conductivities;Nanofluids
Issue Date: 2011
Publisher: Brunel University
Citation: 3rd Micro and Nano Flows Conference, Thessaloniki, Greece, 22-24 August 2011
Abstract: Copper oxide superconducting nanofluids exhibit a lot of very interesting technological properties and their behaviour is typical of a two- phase nanofluid. Near the superconductivity trasition temperature, their electrical conductivity is the sum of a normal conductivity component and a flux flow superconducting contribution from the unpinned motion of vortices within the sample. Armed with recent experimental results for regular type II superconductivity nanosamples, we review the corresponding expected behaviour for CuO High Temperature Superconducting (HTSC) systems. The equivalent Navier-Stokes equations that go under the name Ginzburg–Landau equations for the superconducting density are briefly reviewed and their solutions are presented in a clear way for the particular problem. Contribution of fluctuations of the structural vortex lattice, which is a stable solution of the Time Dependent Ginzburg-Landau (TDGL) equations, to the flux flow two -phase conductivity is briefly presented. The corresponding discussion for the two-phase thermal conductivity of a superconducting nanosample is going to be presented in a separate future publication.
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/2438/6855
ISBN: 978-1-902316-98-7
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