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HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS - PROPERTIES

Author: Christophe MARVILLET

Publication date: July 10, 2015, Review date: September 28, 2021 | Lire en français

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    6. Nanofluids

    The search for fluids with improved thermal characteristics has led to the pre-industrial development of a new type of fluid: nanofluids.

    Crystalline solids have thermal conductivities that are generally 1 to 3 orders of magnitude higher than those of fluids (figure 5 ). Thus, the conductivity of a fluid can be significantly improved by the addition of suspended solids. The thermal conductivity of fluids containing suspended solids has been studied for a long time, ever since Maxwell's work was published 100 years ago. However, with very few exceptions, the studies carried out on particle suspensions in a fluid concerned millimetre- and micrometre-sized particles. Building on these old ideas, it has been proposed to manufacture...

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