Heat transfer improvement of antifreeze by changing it to hybrid nanofluid: effects of hybrid magnesium oxide–graphene oxide nanopowders.

Roohani, Ebrahim; Toghraie, Davood

Hybrid nanofluids consisting of two or multiple nanoparticles have received much attention in recent decades. In this study, the rheological behavior of magnesium oxide (MgO) and graphene oxide (GO) nanoparticles which are dispersed in the water–ethylene glycol base fluid is investigated, experimentally, as a new hybrid nanofluid. The effect of volume fraction of nanoparticles (φ ) and temperature on the thermal conductivity ( k nf ) of the MgO–GO/water–ethylene glycol hybrid nanofluid is studied. The two correlations are presented for predicting the thermal conductivity. According to the results, the thermal conductivity increased by increasing the volume fraction and temperature. A maximum thermal conductivity improvement of 8.8% is obtained at φ = 0.2% and 60 °C. The margin of deviation of 0.507752 and 0.46812%, respectively, for the first and second correlations indicated the accuracy of the proposed correlations. At 20 °C, the relative thermal conductivity improves by 2.6%, and at 60 °C, the thermal conductivity improves by 5.4% compared to the base fluid. A comparison of the results obtained from these two correlations and experimental results with the theoretical approach (Lu–Lin model) indicated a significant difference between the results.

NANOFLUIDS; HEAT transfer; THERMAL conductivity; MAGNESIUM oxide; ANTIFREEZE solutions; GRAPHENE oxide; ETHYLENE glycol

Journal of Thermal Analysis & Calorimetry, 2022, Vol 147, Issue 12, p6777

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Academic Journal

10.1007/s10973-021-10973-2