TY - JOUR

T1 - Thermal properties of nanofluids and their similarity criteria

AU - Rudyak, V. Ya

AU - Minakov, A. V.

AU - Pryazhnikov, M. I.

PY - 2017/1/1

Y1 - 2017/1/1

N2 - We have experimentally studied how the Prandtl number (Pr) of a nanofluid depends on the concentration, size, and material of nanoparticles. The nanofluids were prepared using distilled water and nanoparticles of silica, alumina, titania, and zirconia. The volume concentration of particles was varied from 1 to 8% and their diameters changed from 10 to 150 nm. It is established that Pr values of nanofluids increase with the concentration of nanoparticles. The Prandtl number also significantly depends on the size of nanoparticles and decreases with increasing particle diameter.

AB - We have experimentally studied how the Prandtl number (Pr) of a nanofluid depends on the concentration, size, and material of nanoparticles. The nanofluids were prepared using distilled water and nanoparticles of silica, alumina, titania, and zirconia. The volume concentration of particles was varied from 1 to 8% and their diameters changed from 10 to 150 nm. It is established that Pr values of nanofluids increase with the concentration of nanoparticles. The Prandtl number also significantly depends on the size of nanoparticles and decreases with increasing particle diameter.

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U2 - 10.1134/S106378501612021X

DO - 10.1134/S106378501612021X

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85013345432

VL - 43

SP - 23

EP - 26

JO - Technical Physics Letters

JF - Technical Physics Letters

SN - 1063-7850

IS - 1

ER -