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Experimental Studies and Analytical Analysis of Thermophysical Properties of Ethylene Glycol–Water-Based Nanofluids Dispersed with Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes

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The present study investigates the thermal conductivity and dynamic viscosity of ethylene glycol–water solutions dispersed with oxidized multi-walled carbon nanotubes. The physico-thermal properties and Mouromtseff number (Mo) were used to evaluate the heat transfer properties of the nanofluids. Ethylene glycol–water mixtures were chosen as base fluids, and the volume fraction of ethylene glycol varied from 100 % to 0 % (pure water). Oxidized multi-walled carbon nanotubes in weight percentages of 0.0625, 0.125, 0.25, and 0.5 were dispersed in ethylene glycol–water mixtures to achieve the best stability. The stability of the nanofluids was monitored by UV–Vis spectroscopy for 2 months. The dispersion of multi-walled carbon nanotubes in the base fluids resulted in a significant improvement in thermal conductivity. To derive correlations for thermal conductivity and dynamic viscosity, 1 500 data points were collected for all possible combinations of temperature, weight percent of multi-walled carbon nanotubes, and ethylene glycol content. The Mouromtseff number (Mo) showed that dilute nanofluids at low concentrations are the most effective heat transfer medium in turbulent flow.

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Abbreviations

CP :

Specific heat (kJ·kg−1·K−1)

\(k\) :

Thermal conductivity (W·m−1·K−1).

Mo:

Mouromtseff number, \(\left[\frac{{k}^{a}{\rho }^{b}{c}_{p}^{d}}{{\mu }^{c}}\right]\).

N:

Spindle speed of rheometer

P:

Power of the instrument

R:

Radiation and interfacial effects

T:

Temperature °C

U:

Uncertainty in measurement

α:

Volume percentage of ethylene glycol in water

β:

Weight fraction of nanoparticles

µ:

Dynamic viscosity (centipoise, cP)

\(\rho\) :

Density of the fluid (kg·m−3)

ϕ:

Weight fraction of MWCNTs

nf :

Nanofluid

base:

Base fluids

DM water:

Demineralized water

EG:

Ethylene glycol

MWCNTs:

Multi-walled carbon nanotubes

UV–Vis spectroscopy:

Ultraviolet–Visible spectroscopy

% wt:

Weight percentage

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the support received from Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd., Corporate R&D for conducting the tests. The authors acknowledge the assistance from the central university, Hyderabad, in characterization.

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  1. Quality Control, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd., Visakhapatnam, India

    Abhishek Dosodia

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, GITAM (Deemed to Be University), Visakhapatnam, India

    Srinivas Vadapalli

  3. Product Development and OEM Business, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd., Mumbai, India

    Amitabh Kumar Jain

  4. Department of Chemistry, GITAM (Deemed to Be University), Visakhapatnam, India

    Saratchandra Babu Mukkamala

  5. GLWEC College of Engineering, Hyderabad, India

    Bhanu Teja Sanduru

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AD and VS have conceptualized the research, investigated, curated the data, and prepared the manuscript. AKJ has done the data validation and reviewed the manuscript. MSB reviewed the manuscript. SBT has collected resources and validated the data.

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Dosodia, A., Vadapalli, S., Jain, A.K. et al. Experimental Studies and Analytical Analysis of Thermophysical Properties of Ethylene Glycol–Water-Based Nanofluids Dispersed with Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes. Int J Thermophys 43, 175 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10765-022-03106-w

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