Category: Transient Plane Source
Author(s): Ajay Kumar Tyagi, Ved Prakash, Vinay Kumar Tyagi
Keywords: cuo nanofluid, dispersion stability, kerosene, thermal conductivity, transient plane source, transient plane source (tps) method
Abstract: 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 in a base fluid. This paper explores the thermal properties of a Kerosene based nanofluid with copper oxide (CuO) nanoparticles. The thermal conductivity meter measured the thermal conductivity of copper oxide/Kerosene nanofluids using the transient plane source (TPS) technique. Nanofluid samples of 60 ml ranging from 0.01-0.08% concentration were measured for 20 seconds at 25mW. Results showed that the thermal conductivity of the CuO/Kerosene nanofluid increased with CuO concentration up to a certain point, then slightly declined.
Reference: Nano Vision, 6, 2 (2016) 10-17
DOI: N/A