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Vol. 6 No. 2 (2014)

Fabrication, Characterization and Thermophysical Property Evaluation of SiC Nanofluids for Heat Transfer Applications

https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03353782
Nader Nikkam
Department of Materials and Nano Physics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-16440 Kista-Stockholm, Sweden
Mohsin Saleemi
Department of Materials and Nano Physics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-16440 Kista-Stockholm, Sweden
Ehsan B. Haghighi
Department of Energy Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden
Morteza Ghanbarpour
Department of Energy Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden
Rahmatollah Khodabandeh
Department of Energy Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden
Mamoun Muhammed
Department of Materials and Nano Physics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-16440 Kista-Stockholm, Sweden
Björn Palm
Department of Energy Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden
Muhammet S. Toprak
Department of Materials and Nano Physics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-16440 Kista-Stockholm, Sweden

Corresponding Author: Muhammet S. Toprak

toprak@kth.se

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 6 No. 2 (2014), Article Number: 178-189

Abstract

Nanofluids (NFs) are nanotechnology-based colloidal suspensions fabricated by suspending nanoparticles (NPs) in a base liquid. These fluids have shown potential to improve the heat transfer properties of conventional heat transfer fluids. In this study we report in detail on fabrication, characterization and thermo-physical property evaluation of SiC NFs, prepared using SiC NPs with different crystal structures, for heat transfer applications. For this purpose, a series of SiC NFs containing SiC NPs with different crystal structure (α-SiC and β-SiC) were fabricated in a water (W)/ethylene glycol (EG) mixture (50/50 wt% ratio). Physicochemical properties of NPs/NFs were characterized by using various techniques, such as powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Fouriertransform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), dynamic light scattering (DLS) and Zeta potential analysis. Thermo-physical properties including thermal conductivity (TC) and viscosity for NFs containing SiC particles (α- and β- phase) weremeasured. The results show among all suspensions NFs fabricated with α-SiC particles have more favorable thermo-physical properties compared to the NFs fabricated with β-SiC.The observed difference is attributed to combination of several factors, including crystal structure (β- vs. α-), sample purity, and residual chemicals exhibited on SiCNFs. A TC enhancement of ∼20% while 14% increased viscosity were obtained for NFs containing 9 wt% of particular type of α-SiC NPs indicating promising capability of this kind of NFs for further heat transfer characteristics investigation.

Keywords

SiC nanoparticles Nanofluids Thermal conductivity Viscosity Thermo-physical property
Nikkam, Nader, Mohsin Saleemi, Ehsan B. Haghighi, Morteza Ghanbarpour, Rahmatollah Khodabandeh, Mamoun Muhammed, Björn Palm, and Muhammet S. Toprak. 2014. “Fabrication, Characterization and Thermophysical Property Evaluation of SiC Nanofluids for Heat Transfer Applications”. Nano-Micro Letters 6 (2):178-89. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03353782.
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