Abstract
Abstract Low thermal conductivity is a primary limitation in the development of energy-efficient heat transfer fluids that are required in many industrial applications. In this paper we propose that an innovative new class of heat transfer fluids can be engineered by suspending metallic nanoparticles in conventional heat transfer fluids. The resulting “nanofluids” are expected to exhibit high thermal conductivities compared to those of currently used heat transfer fluids, and they represent the best hope for enhancement of heat transfer. The results of a theoretical study of the thermal conductivity of nanofluids with copper nanophase materials are presented, the potential benefits of the fluids are estimated, and it is shown that one of the benefits of nanofluids will be dramatic reductions in heat exchanger pumping power.
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Thermal conductivityNano-Materials scienceNanotechnologyComposite material
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Stephen U. S. Choi
(1995).
Enhancing Thermal Conductivity of Fluids With Nanoparticles.
Developments and Applications of Non-Newtonian Flows
, 99-105.
https://doi.org/10.1115/imece1995-0926
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- 10.1115/imece1995-0926