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Experimental determination of temperature-dependent thermal conductivity of solid eicosane-based silver nanostructure-enhanced phase change materials for thermal energy storage

Author(s): J. M. Khodadadi, Mohammad S. Hossain, Rabih M. Al Ghossein

This article investigated the effects of incorporating highly-conductive silver nanoparticles into eicosane-based phase change materials. The influence of silver nanoparticles on the thermal conductivity of the material was compared under ...

Keywords: Eicosane, Hot Disk, phase change materials, Silver nanoparticles, Thermal Conductivity, Transient plane source (TPS) method

Nano-Phase Change Materials for Electronics Cooling Applications

Author(s): Davide Ercole, Laura Colla, Laura Fedele, Oronzio Manca, Sergio Bobbo, Simone Mancin

Passive cooling is a method of dissipating heat rejected by electronic devices, and when associated to a phase change can be very effective. Phase change materials (PCMs) are widely used ...

Keywords: Hot Disk, latent heat, Nano-phase change, Nanoparticles, Paraffin Wax, phase change materials, Thermal Conductivity, Transient plane source (TPS) method

Experimental evaluation and modeling of thermal conductivity of tetrafunctional epoxy resin containing different carbon nanostructures

Author(s): Carlo Naddeo, Khalid Lafdi, Liberata Guadagno, Luigi Vertuccio, Vittorio Romano

Recently, 2-D graphene nanoparticles produced by graphite exfoliation are a promising nanofiller for enhancing the thermal conductivity of polymeric materials. Unlike one-dimensional structures of carbon nanotubes, the 2-D structure provides ...

Keywords: Epoxy resin, Hot Disk, nanocomposites, nanofillers, Nanoparticles, nanostructures, Thermal Conductivity, Transient plane source (TPS) method

Temperature dependence of effective thermal conductivity and effective thermal diffusivity of Ni-Zn ferrites

Author(s): G. P. Joshi, N. S. Saxena, R. Mangal

Nanocomposites are formed by combining conducting polymers and inorganic nanoparticles. In this study, nanocomposites of Ni-Zn ferrite were tested to determine the variation in their thermal properties. A Hot Disk ...

Keywords: Ferrites, Hot Disk, nanocomposites, Nanoparticles, nickel, Oxides, Thermal Conductivity, Thermal Diffusivity, Transient plane source (TPS) method, Zinc

The characteristics of convective heat transfer in microchannel heat sinks using Al2O3 and TiO2 nanofluids

Author(s): Guodong Xia, Jinggang Wang, Mo Du, Ran Liu

Nanofluids are heat transfer fluids with enhanced thermal conductivity properties due to the addition of metallic-based nanoparticles. In this study, the thermal properties of Al¬2O3 and TiO2 nanofluids were ...

Keywords: Convection heat transfer, Hot Disk, Infrared thermal camera, Microchannel heat sink, Nanofluids, Thermal Conductivity, Transient plane source (TPS), Transient plane source (TPS) method

Heat transfer enhancement of Al2O3-H2O nanofluids flowing through a micro heat sink with complex structure

Author(s): Guodong Xia, Xianfei Liu, Yifan Li, Yuling Zhai

Nanofluids are used in heat sink applications to improve the rate of heat dissipation and reduce temperature gradients in electronics. This study specifically examined the thermal properties of Al2O3...

Keywords: Experiment, Heat transfer enhancement, Hot Disk, Micro heat sink, Nanofluids, Performance evaluation plot, Thermal Conductivity, Transient Plane Source, Transient plane source (TPS) method

Temperature dependent heat transfer performance of multi-walled carbon nanotube-based aqueous nanofluids at very low particle loadings

Author(s): Devraj Singh, Giridhar Mishra, Meher Wan, Raja Ram Yadav

Thermally conductive nanoparticles are often added to conventional fluids to improve thermal properties. In this paper, the effect of small concentrations of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) on thermal conductivity over ...

Keywords: Hot Disk, Multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT), Nanofluids, Particle concentration, Temperature dependent, Thermal Conductivity, Transient plane source (TPS)

Thermo-optical properties of partially unzipped multiwalled carbon nanotubes dispersed nanofluids for direct absorption solar thermal energy systems

Author(s): Rashmi Chandrabhan Shende, Sundara Ramaprabhu

Water is being used to absorb incident light for use in solar power applications. Adding nanoparticles to water improves the solar collection efficiency. In this paper, a TPS2500S Hot ...

Keywords: Hot Disk, MWNTs, Nanofluids, Optical Properties, PUMWNTs, Solar collector, Thermal Conductivity, Transient Plane Source, Transient plane source (TPS) method

Thermal conductivity and dispersion stability of copper oxide nanofluid in kerosene

Author(s): Ajay Kumar Tyagi, Ved Prakash, Vinay Kumar Tyagi

Kerosene is used as a coolant in engines, however like many conventional heat transfer fluids, it has a low thermal conductivity. Nanofluids are suspensions of thermally conductive nanometer sized particles ...

Keywords: CuO nanofluid, dispersion stability, Hot Disk, Kerosene, Thermal Conductivity, Transient Plane Source, Transient plane source (TPS) method

Study of stability and thermal conductivity of nanoparticles in propylene glycol

Author(s): Sumit Mahajan

This paper examined the properties that affected the thermal conductivity of Aluminum Oxide (Al2O3) nanofluids with a base fluid of propylene glycol. Samples were prepared with volumetric percentages of 0.2%, 2%, ...

Keywords: Brownian Motion, Gravity, Hot Disk, Nanofluids, Thermal Conductivity, Thermophoresis, Transient Plane Source, Transient plane source (TPS) method

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