An Experimental Determination of Thermal Conductivity and Electrical Conductivity of Bio Glycol Based Al2O3 Nanofluids and Development of New Correlation

Nanofluid, as a kind of new engineered material consisting of nanometer-sized additives and base fluids, has attracted great attention from investigators for its superior thermal properties and many potential applications. In this paper, the thermal conductivity, dispersion stability and electrical...

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Main Authors: M. Kh., Abdolbaqi, N. A. C., Sidik, Azmi, W. H., R., Mamat
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Published: Elsevier 2016
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Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/14377/1/fkm-2016-abdolbaqi-Experimental%20Determination%20of%20Thermal%20Conductivity.pdf
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author M. Kh., Abdolbaqi
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Azmi, W. H.
R., Mamat
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description Nanofluid, as a kind of new engineered material consisting of nanometer-sized additives and base fluids, has attracted great attention from investigators for its superior thermal properties and many potential applications. In this paper, the thermal conductivity, dispersion stability and electrical conductivity of 100% bioglycol (BG) based nanofluids containing Al2O3 nanoparticles were studied in a temperature range of 30 to 80 °C. Nanofluids with 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, and 1% volume concentrations were prepared using the two-step method without using surfactant. The nanofluids demonstrated excellent stability over this temperature range after using long-term sonication. A new correlation has been developed for the thermal conductivity of nanofluids as a function of temperature and particle volume concentration. This study also revealed that the thermal conductivity enhancement of bio glycol (BG), ethylene glycol (EG) and propylene glycol (PG) of 1.0% volume concentration at 30 °C was 17%, 9% and 3.6% respectively. However, the increment in temperature reacts inversely to the thermo-electrical conductivity (TEC) ratio. The maximum value of TEC is 9.5 at 0.5% volume concentrations and temperature of 30 °C.
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spelling UMPir143772017-09-12T06:44:54Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/14377/ An Experimental Determination of Thermal Conductivity and Electrical Conductivity of Bio Glycol Based Al2O3 Nanofluids and Development of New Correlation M. Kh., Abdolbaqi N. A. C., Sidik Azmi, W. H. R., Mamat TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Nanofluid, as a kind of new engineered material consisting of nanometer-sized additives and base fluids, has attracted great attention from investigators for its superior thermal properties and many potential applications. In this paper, the thermal conductivity, dispersion stability and electrical conductivity of 100% bioglycol (BG) based nanofluids containing Al2O3 nanoparticles were studied in a temperature range of 30 to 80 °C. Nanofluids with 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, and 1% volume concentrations were prepared using the two-step method without using surfactant. The nanofluids demonstrated excellent stability over this temperature range after using long-term sonication. A new correlation has been developed for the thermal conductivity of nanofluids as a function of temperature and particle volume concentration. This study also revealed that the thermal conductivity enhancement of bio glycol (BG), ethylene glycol (EG) and propylene glycol (PG) of 1.0% volume concentration at 30 °C was 17%, 9% and 3.6% respectively. However, the increment in temperature reacts inversely to the thermo-electrical conductivity (TEC) ratio. The maximum value of TEC is 9.5 at 0.5% volume concentrations and temperature of 30 °C. Elsevier 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/14377/1/fkm-2016-abdolbaqi-Experimental%20Determination%20of%20Thermal%20Conductivity.pdf M. Kh., Abdolbaqi and N. A. C., Sidik and Azmi, W. H. and R., Mamat (2016) An Experimental Determination of Thermal Conductivity and Electrical Conductivity of Bio Glycol Based Al2O3 Nanofluids and Development of New Correlation. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 73. pp. 75-83. ISSN 0735-1933. (Published) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2016.02.006 DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2016.02.006
spellingShingle TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
M. Kh., Abdolbaqi
N. A. C., Sidik
Azmi, W. H.
R., Mamat
An Experimental Determination of Thermal Conductivity and Electrical Conductivity of Bio Glycol Based Al2O3 Nanofluids and Development of New Correlation
title An Experimental Determination of Thermal Conductivity and Electrical Conductivity of Bio Glycol Based Al2O3 Nanofluids and Development of New Correlation
title_full An Experimental Determination of Thermal Conductivity and Electrical Conductivity of Bio Glycol Based Al2O3 Nanofluids and Development of New Correlation
title_fullStr An Experimental Determination of Thermal Conductivity and Electrical Conductivity of Bio Glycol Based Al2O3 Nanofluids and Development of New Correlation
title_full_unstemmed An Experimental Determination of Thermal Conductivity and Electrical Conductivity of Bio Glycol Based Al2O3 Nanofluids and Development of New Correlation
title_short An Experimental Determination of Thermal Conductivity and Electrical Conductivity of Bio Glycol Based Al2O3 Nanofluids and Development of New Correlation
title_sort experimental determination of thermal conductivity and electrical conductivity of bio glycol based al2o3 nanofluids and development of new correlation
topic TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/14377/1/fkm-2016-abdolbaqi-Experimental%20Determination%20of%20Thermal%20Conductivity.pdf
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