Characterization and measurements of thermal conductivity, density and rheological properties of zinc oxide nanoparticles dispersed in (ethane-1,2-diol + water) mixture

摘要

The stability of nanofluids obtained by dispersing ZnO commercial nanoparticles in ethane-1,2-diol (ED) and in a {ethane-1,2-diol (1) + water (2)} mixture with mole fraction, x_1 = 0.2445 (volume fraction ?_1 = 0.5, mass fraction w1 = 0.5271), has been analyzed by using two different methods. Density, thermal conductivity and the rheological behaviour have been experimentally determined for different ethane-1,2- diol + water (?_1 = 0.5) based ZnO nanofluids and also for the base fluid. Density has been measured at temperatures ranging from (278.15 to 363.15) K and for pressures up to 45 MPa using a high-pressure vibrating tube densimeter. Isothermal compressibility and isobaric thermal expansivity coefficients have been determined whereas an analysis of the excess volumes values of different nanofluids reported in the literature is also developed. Thermal conductivity was measured from T = (283.15 to 343.15) K with a device based in the hot-wire technique, and the rheological characterization was performed from T = (283.15 to 323.15) K with a rheometer equipped with a cone-plate geometry. The tests carried out for the nanofluids at different concentrations evidence Newtonian behaviour. Experimental viscosity and thermal conductivity were also compared with the estimations provided by several theoretical modelling.