A thermal conductivity model for nanofluids including effect of the temperature-dependent interfacial layer |
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Authors: | Chatcharin Sitprasert Pramote Dechaumphai Varangrat Juntasaro |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University, 10900 Bangkhen, Bangkok, Thailand;(2) Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, 10330 Patumwan, Bangkok, Thailand |
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Abstract: | The interfacial layer of nanoparticles has been recently shown to have an effect on the thermal conductivity of nanofluids.
There is, however, still no thermal conductivity model that includes the effects of temperature and nanoparticle size variations
on the thickness and consequently on the thermal conductivity of the interfacial layer. In the present work, the stationary
model developed by Leong et al. (J Nanopart Res 8:245–254, 2006) is initially modified to include the thermal dispersion effect due to the Brownian motion of nanoparticles. This model is
called the ‘Leong et al.’s dynamic model’. However, the Leong et al.’s dynamic model over-predicts the thermal conductivity of nanofluids in the case of the flowing
fluid. This suggests that the enhancement in the thermal conductivity of the flowing nanofluids due to the increase in temperature
does not come from the thermal dispersion effect. It is more likely that the enhancement in heat transfer of the flowing nanofluids
comes from the temperature-dependent interfacial layer effect. Therefore, the Leong et al.’s stationary model is again modified
to include the effect of temperature variation on the thermal conductivity of the interfacial layer for different sizes of
nanoparticles. This present model is then evaluated and compared with the other thermal conductivity models for the turbulent convective heat transfer in nanofluids
along a uniformly heated tube. The results show that the present model is more general than the other models in the sense
that it can predict both the temperature and the volume fraction dependence of the thermal conductivity of nanofluids for
both non-flowing and flowing fluids. Also, it is found to be more accurate than the other models due to the inclusion of the
effect of the temperature-dependent interfacial layer. In conclusion, the present model can accurately predict the changes
in thermal conductivity of nanofluids due to the changes in volume fraction and temperature for various nanoparticle sizes. |
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Keywords: | Nanofluids Thermal conductivity Interfacial layer Thermal dispersion Convective heat transfer Colloids |
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