Model for effective thermal conductivity of nanofluids

By Qifan Xue. 2003

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Subfields: Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering

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A model for the thermal conductivity of nanofluids – the effect of interfacial layer (2006, background): “Several models have been proposed which considered various mechanisms for explaining this phenomenon (Wang et al., 2003; Xue, 2003; Xuan et al., 2003; Yu and Choi, 2003; Jang and Choi, 2004; Kumar et al., 2004).”
A new thermal conductivity model for nanofluids (2004, methodology): “Xue (2003) proposed a thermal conductivity model based on Maxwell’s theory and average polarization theory to take care of the interface (i.e., liquid nano-layer) effect.”
Results of experimental investigations on the heat conductivity of nanofluids based on diathermic oil for high temperature applications (2012, background): “% CuO nanoparticles, with average diameter of 35 nm, dispersed in ethylene glycol [5] and similar behavior was observed also for Al2O3 nanoparticles.”
The role of interfacial layers in the enhanced thermal conductivity of nanofluids: A renovated Hamilton–Crosser model (2004, methodology): “Xue has recently developed a new model of the effective thermal conductivity of nanofluids; this model is based on the average theory and takes into account the effect of the interface between the solid particles and the base fluid ( Xue, 2003 ).”
Experimental Studies of Natural Convection Heat Transfer of Al2O3/DI Water Nanoparticle Suspensions (Nanofluids) (2010, unknown): “There is increasing evidence that nanoparticles dispersed in liquid base fluids can have a significant impact on the effective thermal conductivity of nanoparticle/liquid suspensions (nanofluids) [1–18].”
Numerical study of laminar mixed convection of a nanofluid in a horizontal tube using two-phase mixture model (2008, background): “Many attempts have been made to formulate efficient theoretical models for the prediction of the effective thermal conductivity [10–13].”
A Review of Thermal Conductivity Data, Mechanisms and Models for Nanofluids (2010, methodology): “Xue [107] developed a model to include the effect of a nanolayer, based on Maxwell theory and average polarization theory.”
Critical review of heat transfer characteristics of nanofluids (2007, background): “Xue [14] proposed a model for predicting the thermal conductivity of nanofluids.”