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An Investigation on Thermal Conductivity and Viscosity of Water Based Nanofluids

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Microfluidics Based Microsystems

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In this study we report a literature review on the research and development work concerning thermal conductivity of nanofluids as well as their viscosity. Different techniques used for the measurement of thermal conductivity of nanofluids are explained, especially the 3ω method which was used in our measurements. The models used to predict the thermal conductivity of nanofluids are presented. Our experimental results on the effective thermal conductivity by using 3ω method and effective viscosity by vibro-viscometer for SiO2-water, TiO2-water and Al2O3-water nanofluids at different particle concentrations and temperatures are presented. Measured results showed that the effective thermal conductivity of nanofluids increase as the concentration of the particles increase but not anomalously as indicated in the some publications and this enhancement is very close to Hamilton-Crosser model, also this increase is independent of the temperature. The effective viscosities of these nanofluids increased by the increasing particle concentration and decrease by the increase in temperature, and cannot be predicted by Einstein model.

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Acknowledgments

This work has been supported by TUBITAK (Project no: 107M160), Research Foundation of Dokuz Eylul University (project no: 2009.KB.FEN.018) and Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (Project no: AUF-PCSI 6316 PS821).

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Tavman, I., Turgut, A. (2010). An Investigation on Thermal Conductivity and Viscosity of Water Based Nanofluids. In: Kakaç, S., Kosoy, B., Li, D., Pramuanjaroenkij, A. (eds) Microfluidics Based Microsystems. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9029-4_8

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