Thermal Conductivity Paper Database

New Measurements of the Apparent Thermal Conductivity of Nanofluids and Investigation of Their Heat Transfer Capabilities

This article studied the thermal conductivity values and measurements for the following two systems using the transient hot wire (THW) and transient plane source (TPS) techniques: ethylene glycol with added CuO, TiO₂, or Al₂O₃ nanoparticles and water with added TiO₂ or Al₂O₃ nanoparticles or multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). A TPS technique using a thermal conductivity analyzer ...

Author(s): Chrysi M. Tsolakidou, Georgia J. Tertsinidou, Marc J. Assael, Maria Pantzali

Transport properties and heat transfer coefficients of ZnO/(ethylene glycol + water) nanofluids

Nanofluids are used to improve the thermal conductivity of heat transfer fluids. This study examined the effects on thermal conductivity of zinc oxide (ZnO)/ethylene glycol + water nanofluids as increasing concentrations of ZnO nanopartilces were added to the solution. A Thermal Constants Analyzer (TPS) measured the thermal conductivity of the nanofluids using the Transient Plane Source (TPS) method. As expected, the thermal conductivities of the solutions increased with nanoparticle concentration, ...

Author(s): David Cabaleiro, Filippo Agresti, L. Fedele, Laura Colla