Brownian-Motion-Based Convective-Conductive Model for the Effective Thermal Conductivity of Nanofluids
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- 7 November 2005
- journal article
- Published by ASME International in Journal of Heat Transfer
- Vol. 128 (6), 588-595
- https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2188509
Abstract
Here we show through an order-of-magnitude analysis that the enhancement in the effective thermal conductivity of nanofluids is due mainly to the localized convection caused by the Brownian movement of the nanoparticles. We also introduce a convective-conductive model which accurately captures the effects of particle size, choice of base liquid, thermal interfacial resistance between the particles and liquid, temperature, etc. This model is a combination of the Maxwell-Garnett (MG) conduction model and the convection caused by the Brownian movement of the nanoparticles, and reduces to the MG model for large particle sizes. The model is in good agreement with data on water, ethylene glycol, and oil-based nanofluids, and shows that the lighter the nanoparticles, the greater the convection effect in the liquid, regardless of the thermal conductivity of the nanoparticles.Keywords
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