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Title Effects of cobalt ferrite coated with silica nanocomposite on the thermal conductivity of an antifreeze: New nanofluid for refrigeration condensers
Type JournalPaper
Keywords Triple-tube heat exchanger Hybrid nanofluid Graphene nanoplatelets Exergy destruction Entropy generation Inserted ribs
Abstract The purpose of the present study was to study the process of development, stability and measurement of thermal conductivity of nanofluid combination of antifreeze-CoFe 2 O 4 /SiO 2 . The results of photogra- phy capturing technique showed that the use of CMC surfactant with a mass ratio of 0.1 nanoparticles produced the best long-term stability conditions. Thermal conductivity measurement of nanofluid was performed using KD2-Pro thermal analyzer in a temperature range of 25–50 °C with 0.1–1.5% of mass fraction. The results show that the nanofluid thermal conductivity enhanced with increasing the mass fraction of the nanoparticles up to 37.7%. In order to calculate the nano-antifreeze thermal conductivity using curve fitting method of laboratory data, an experimental correlation with high precision was pre- sented. Finally, regarding thermal properties of this nano-antifreeze, it can be introduced as an alternative with high heat transfer potential in thermal and refrigeration systems.
Researchers Arash Karimipour (Not In First Six Researchers), Masoud Afrand (Fifth Researcher), Mehdi Bahiraei (Fourth Researcher), Ahmad Hajizadeا (Third Researcher), Ramin Ranjbarzadeh (Second Researcher), Mohammad Reza Safaei (First Researcher)