Nanofluid as a coolant in automotive radiators
| dc.contributor.author | Oliveira, G.A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bandarra Filho, E.P. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-04-24T06:49:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-04-24T06:49:18Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Paper presented to the 10th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Florida, 14-16 July 2014. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.abstract | The present paper reports an experimental work on thermal performance of silver/water nanofluids in a radiator. Silver nanoparticles were dispersed in distilled water using the two-step method, high-pressure homogeneizer, with concentration varying from 0.1% and 0.3% in volume. The thermal conductivity and the viscosity were measured showing an enhancement up to 18% and 5%, respectively, in relation to the base fluid. An experimental facility was built for this purpose and tests have been conducted under the following conditions: inlet air temperature of 25oC, inlet hot fluid temperature of 45oC. The experimental results show similar results in the temperature difference of hot fluid for concentration of 0.3%, and nanofluid presented high heat transfer for the high velocities of the cooling air. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.librarian | dc2015 | en_ZA |
| dc.format.extent | 5 pages | en_ZA |
| dc.format.medium | en_ZA | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Oliveira, GA & Bandarra Filho, EP 2014, 'Nanofluid as a coolant in automotive radiators', Paper presented to the 10th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Florida, 14-16 July 2014. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 97817759206873 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/44704 | |
| dc.publisher | International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics | en_ZA |
| dc.rights | © 2014 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Water nanofluids | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Radiator | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Silver nanoparticles | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Distilled water | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | High-pressure homogeneizer | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Thermal conductivity | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Nanofluid | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Nanofluid as a coolant in automotive radiators | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Presentation | en_ZA |