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http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/9434| Title: | Thermal Conductivity of Nano-fluids in Nano-channels |
| Authors: | Frank, M Asproulis, N Drikakis, D 4th Micro and Nano Flows Conference (MNF2014) |
| Keywords: | Nanofluids;Nanofluidics;Molecular Dynamics;Nanochannel;Heat transfer;Thermal Conductivity;Argon;Copper |
| Issue Date: | 2014 |
| Publisher: | Brunel University London |
| Citation: | 4th Micro and Nano Flows Conference, University College London, UK, 7-10 September 2014, Editors CS König, TG Karayiannis and S. Balabani |
| Series/Report no.: | ID 188 |
| Abstract: | The behaviour of an Argon-copper nano-fluid spatially restricted in a nano-channel is studied by using Molecular Dynamics simulations. Specifically, the channel size and particle loading effects on nanofluids thermal conductivity are investigated. A direct comparison is made between the calculated results and the prediction of classical macroscopic models with the latter under-estimating the computed values by up to 20%. The thermal conductivity enhancement is correlated with the structure of Argon atoms close to the walls of the channel and around the particle, whose solid like nature enables them to propagate heat more efficiently. |
| Description: | This paper was presented at the 4th Micro and Nano Flows Conference (MNF2014), which was held at University College, London, UK. The conference was organised by Brunel University and supported by the Italian Union of Thermofluiddynamics, IPEM, the Process Intensification Network, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, the Heat Transfer Society, HEXAG - the Heat Exchange Action Group, and the Energy Institute, ASME Press, LCN London Centre for Nanotechnology, UCL University College London, UCL Engineering, the International NanoScience Community, www.nanopaprika.eu. |
| URI: | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/9434 |
| ISBN: | 978-1-908549-16-7 |
| Appears in Collections: | Brunel Institute for Bioengineering (BIB) The Brunel Collection |
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