Synthesis and thermal conductivity of microfluidic copper nanofluids

Xiaohao Wei; Liqiu Wang

doi:10.1016/j.partic.2010.03.001

Synthesis and thermal conductivity of microfluidic copper nanofluids

Xiaohao Wei
, Liqiu Wang

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Abstract

A microfluidic chemical solution method is developed for the synthesizing Cu nanofluids. The method replaces batch-based macroreactors in the conventional chemical solution method by continuous-flow microfluidic microreactors, thereby enabling the synthesis of nanofluids with various microstructures. The Cu nanofluids synthesized by this technology show a better stability, remaining stable even after more than 100 h standing. The measured thermal conductivity shows that the presence of nanoparticles can either upgrade or downgrade fluid conductivity, a phenomenon predicted by the recent thermal-wave theory of nanofluids.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	262-271
Number of pages	10
Journal	Particuology
Volume	8
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.partic.2010.03.001
Publication status	Published - Jun 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Heat conduction
Nanofluids
Synthesis
Thermal conductivity

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Chemical Engineering
General Materials Science

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Synthesis and thermal conductivity of microfluidic copper nanofluids

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