Open AccessThermophysical properties of CNT and CNT/Al 2 O 3 hybrid nanofluid
Author(s) -
Devarajan Mageshbabu,
Parasumanna Krishnamurthy Nagarajan,
Balasubramanian Madhu,
Ramani Bharathwaaj,
Wongwises Somchai,
Abd ElNaby Kabeel,
Sathyamurthy Ravishankar
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
micro and nano letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.25
H-Index - 31
ISSN - 1750-0443
DOI - 10.1049/mnl.2017.0029
Subject(s) - nanofluid , carbon nanotube , thermal conductivity , materials science , heat transfer , viscosity , nanoparticle , base (topology) , thermodynamics , composite material , nanotechnology , physics , mathematical analysis , mathematics
This work presents the thermophysical properties of carbon nanotubes (CNT) and CNT/Al 2 O 3 hybrid nanofluids for heat transfer applications. An equal proportion of nanoparticles CNT (50%) and Al 2 O 3 (50%) were added to the base fluid for two different concentration of 0.05 and 0.1%. Results show that addition of Al 2 O 3 nanoparticles with CNT nanofluid improves the thermophysical properties. The thermal conductivity of hybrid nanofluids improved by 20% with a maximum concentration of 0.1%, while the thermal conductivity of CNT alone improved by only 8% with the base fluid. Similarly, density and viscosity of hybrid nanofluid increased up to 7 and 10%, respectively, while comparing it with the base fluid. The result of specific heat energy capacity of hybrid nanofluids increases to about 138% than CNT nanofluid with a maximum concentration of 0.2%.