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Thermal Conductivity and Viscosity of Distilled Water/Commercial Coolant Based $Al_2O_3$ Nanofluids  

Kwon, Hey-Lim (Deptartment of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Korea Aerospace University)
Hwang, Kyo-Sik (Deptartment of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Korea Aerospace University)
Jang, Seok-Pil (School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Korea Aerospace University)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers / v.19, no.3, 2011 , pp. 130-137 More about this Journal
Abstract
Experimental investigations are conducted to figure out the feasibility of $Al_2O_3$ nanofluids as the alternative coolant for car engine. For the purpose, the thermal conductivities and viscosities of water/commercial coolant based $Al_2O_3$ nanofluids with 0.3, 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 vol. % at temperatures ranging from $25^{\circ}C$ to $35^{\circ}C$ are measured. Thermal conductivities are measured using the transient hot-wire method and also viscosities are measured by Brookfield LVDV-III rheometer. Based on the results, it is shown that thermal conductivity of $Al_2O_3$ nanofluids with 3.0 vol. % is increased about 11% at $35^{\circ}C$ and the increment of viscosity approaches to 84% at shear rate of 600(1/s) and 80% at shear rate of 960(1/s) in the same temperature. with fundamental data for the thermal conductivity and viscosity of the nanofluids, the feasibility of $Al_2O_3$ nanofluids as the alternative coolant for car engine are discussed.
Keywords
$Al_2O_3$ nanoparticles; Nanofluids; Viscosity; Commercial coolant; Thermal conductivity;
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