TY - CONF T1 - Effect of Particle Material on the Static Thermal Conductivity of Nanofluids T2 - Heat Transfer Conference Y1 - 2005 A1 - P. Vijayan A1 - Prajesh Bhattacharya A1 - S. Nara A1 - W. Lai A1 - Patrick E. Phelan A1 - Ravi S. Prasher A1 - David W. Song A1 - J. Wang JF - Heat Transfer Conference CY - San Francisco, CA ER - TY - CONF T1 - Experimental Determination of the Effect of Varying Base Fluid and Temperature on the Static Thermal Conductivity of Nanofluids T2 - ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 5-11, 2005 Y1 - 2005 A1 - S. Nara A1 - Prajesh Bhattacharya A1 - P. Vijayan A1 - W. Lai A1 - W. Rosenthal A1 - Patrick E. Phelan A1 - Ravi S. Prasher A1 - David W. Song A1 - Jinlin Wang AB -

The heat transfer abilities of fluids can be improved by adding small particles of sizes of the order of nanometers. Recently a lot of research has been done in evaluating the thermal conductivity of nanofluids using various nanoparticles. In our present work we address this issue by conducting a series of experiments to determine the effective thermal conductivity of alumina-nanofluids by varying the base fluid with water and antifreeze liquids like ethylene glycol and propylene glycol. Temperature oscillation method is used to find the thermal conductivity of the nanofluid. The results show the thermal conductivity enhancement of nanofluids depends on viscosity of the base fluid. Finally the results are validated with a recently proposed theoretical model.

JF - ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 5-11, 2005 PB - ASME CY - Orlando, FL SN - 0-7918-4221-5 ER - TY - CONF T1 - Evaluation of the Temperature Oscillation Technique to Calculate Thermal Conductivity of Water and Systematic Measurement of the Thermal Conductivity of Aluminum Oxide – Water Nanofluiids T2 - International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Y1 - 2004 A1 - Prajesh Bhattacharya A1 - P. Vijayan A1 - Tang, T. A1 - S. Nara A1 - Patrick E. Phelan A1 - Ravi S. Prasher A1 - J. Wang A1 - David W. Song JF - International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, CY - Anaheim, CA ER -