Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2007
Publication Source
Journal of Applied Physics
Abstract
The present work involves a study on the thermal conductivity of nanoparticle-oil suspensions for three types of nanoparticles, namely, carbon nanotubes(CNTs), exfoliated graphite (EXG), and heat treated nanofibers (HTT) with PAO oil as the base fluid. To accomplish the above task, an experimental analysis is performed using a modern light flash technique (LFA 447) for measuring the thermal conductivity of the three types of nanofluids, for different loading of nanoparticles.
The experimental results show a similar trend as observed in literature for nanofluids with a maximum enhancement of approximately 161% obtained for the CNT-PAO oil suspension. The overall percent enhancements for different volume fractions of the nanoparticles are highest for the CNT-based nanofluid, followed by the EXG and the HTT. The findings from this study for the three different types of carbon nanoparticles can have great potential in the field of thermal management.
Inclusive pages
064302-1 to 064302-7
ISBN/ISSN
0021-8979
Document Version
Published Version
Copyright
Copyright © 2007, American Institute of Physics
Publisher
American Institute of Physics
Volume
101
Peer Reviewed
yes
eCommons Citation
Shaikh, Shadab; Lafdi, Khalid; and Ponnappan, Rengasamy, "Thermal Conductivity Improvement in Carbon Nanoparticle Doped PAO Oil: An Experimental Study" (2007). Chemical and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications. 16.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/cme_fac_pub/16
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Other Chemical Engineering Commons, Other Materials Science and Engineering Commons, Polymer and Organic Materials Commons
Comments
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