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The Interfacial Layer Effect on Thermal Conductivity of CNT Nanofluids


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1 Department of Physics, DAV College, Abohar 152 116, India
2 Department of Physics, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160 014, India
 

We formulate a model to predict the thermal conductivity of carbon nanotube nanorefrigerants. The interfacial layer has proved to be a significant factor responsible for the anomalous thermal conductivity enhancement of these nanofluids. The present model predicts the thermal conductivity in accordance with the experimental results with mean deviation only of 1.5%. A comparison with other models has also been made.

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Carbon Nanotubes, Heat Transfer, Interfacial Nanolayer, Nanofluid, Thermal Conductivity.
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Ritu Pasrija
Department of Physics, DAV College, Abohar 152 116, India
Sunita Srivastava
Department of Physics, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160 014, India

Abstract


We formulate a model to predict the thermal conductivity of carbon nanotube nanorefrigerants. The interfacial layer has proved to be a significant factor responsible for the anomalous thermal conductivity enhancement of these nanofluids. The present model predicts the thermal conductivity in accordance with the experimental results with mean deviation only of 1.5%. A comparison with other models has also been made.

Keywords


Carbon Nanotubes, Heat Transfer, Interfacial Nanolayer, Nanofluid, Thermal Conductivity.



DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv107%2Fi6%2F1001-1005