Thermophysical characteristics of Ethylene Glycol-based Copper nanofluids Using Nonequilibrium and Equilibrium Methods

摘要

The present study calculates thermal conductivity and reveals molecular-level mechanisms for copper nanoparticles suspended in ethylene glycol using molecular dynamic simulations. Computed thermal conductivities of the nanofluids using Green-Kubo formalism and using Nonequilibrium MD Methods are compared. Contributions for possible heat transfer modes at the molecular level are quantized, including modes of convection and conduction.