Producing ZrO2/LP107160 NF and presenting a correlation for prediction of thermal conductivity via GMDH method: An empirical and numerical investigation

Autor: Chuan Sun, Ali Abdollahi, Aliakbar Karimipour, Quang-Vu Bach, Babak Emami Fard
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures. 127:114511
ISSN: 1386-9477
DOI: 10.1016/j.physe.2020.114511
Popis: This study delved into the effect of the temperature and mass percentage of zirconium oxide (ZrO2) nanoparticles with liquid paraffin 107160 (LP107160) base fluid on the thermal conductivity (TC) of ZrO2/LP107160 NF. To examine the effects of the parameters impacting the TC of the nanofluid, the study exploited four different temperatures of 25, 40, 55, and 70 °C, and the mass percentage of nanoparticles ranged from 0.005% to 5%. The results revealed that the TC of the nanofluid containing ZrO2 nanoparticles changed as the temperature of the nanofluid increased, such that it severely depended on temperature. However, the mere difference lay in a decrease in the TC of the base fluid (LP107160) due to the heightened temperature. The results of this research documented adequately that as the concentration of the ZrO2 nanoparticles increased in the nanofluid with the LP107160 base fluid, the relative thermal conductivity (RTC) of the nanofluid became smaller in
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