Nanofluid in Thermal Transfer - Is it a Solution for the Future?

Abstract:

In a global context of saving energy and the desire to improve heat exchangers, the use of nanofluids today seems like a craze growing. Are nanofluids a solution What are the limitations of the use of such fluids This article proposes a review of thermo physicals coefficients of carbon nanotube-water nanofluids. This article reports on an experimental study completed to observe the impacts of the concentration, temperature, aspect ratio, and surfactant on the thermal conductivity and viscosity. Finally this article advocates a field for using nanofluid in heat exchangers.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 819)
• Pages: 11-15
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.819.11
• Online since: January 2016
• Authors: Thierry Mare, Patrice Estelle, Salma Halelfadl, Normah Mohd-Ghazali
• Keywords: Conductivity, Nanofluid, Viscosity

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