文献名:particlesizeandinterfacialeffectsonthermo-physicalandheattransfercharacteristicsofwater-basedα-sicnanofluids
作者:elenavtimofeeva1,davidssmith1,wenhuayu1,davidmfrance2,dileepsingh3andjuleslroutbort1
1energysystemsdivision,argonnenationallaboratory,argonne,il60439,usa
2departmentofmechanicalandindustrialengineering,universityofillinoisatchicago,842westtaylorstreet(m/c251)chicago,il60607-7022,usa
3nuclearengineeringdivision,argonnenationallaboratory,argonne,il60439,usa
摘要:theeffectofaverageparticlesizesonbasicmacroscopicpropertiesandheattransferperformanceofα-sic/waternanofluidswasinvestigated.theaverageparticlesizes,calculatedfromthespecificsurfaceareaofnanoparticles,werevariedfrom16to90nm.nanofluidswithlargerparticlesofthesamematerialandvolumeconcentrationprovidehigherthermalconductivityandlowerviscosityincreasesthanthosewithsmallerparticlesbecauseofthesmallersolid/liquidinterfacialareaoflargerparticles.itwasalsodemonstratedthattheviscosityofwater-basednanofluidscanbesignificantlydecreasedbyphofthesuspensionindependentlyfromthethermalconductivity.heattransfercoefficientsweremeasuredandcomparedtotheperformanceofbasefluidsaswellastonanofluidsreportedintheliterature.criteriaforevaluationoftheheattransferperformanceofnanofluidsarediscussedandoptimumdirectionsinnanofluiddevelopmentaresuggested.