Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Thermal
conductivity
measurement
technique
Concentration
(vol %)
Enhancement
ratio
Synthesis
method
Effect
studied/notes
Reference
Nanofluid
Hwang et al.
(2006)
CuO-water
1.00
1.05
Two-step
method
Transient hot-
wire method
—
SiO
2
-water
1.00
1.03
MWCNT-water
1.00
1.07
CuO-ethylene glycol
1.00
1.09
MWCNT-mineral oil
5.00
1.09
Kang et al.
(2006)
Ag-water
0.10-0.39
1.03-1.11
Two-step
method
Transient hot-
wire method
—
SiO
2
-water
1.00-4.00
1.02-1.05
Diamond-ethylene
glycol
0.13-1.33
1.03-1.75
Li and
Peterson
(2006)
Al
2
O
3
-water (27.58C)
2.00-10.00
1.08-1.11
Two-step
method
Steady-state cut-
bar method
Temperature
effect
Al
2
O
3
-water (32.58C)
2.00-10.00
1.15-1.22
Al
2
O
3
-water (37.7
8
C)
2.00-10.00
1.18-1.29
CuO-water (28.9
8
C)
2.00-6.00
1.35-1.36
CuO-water (31.3
8
C)
2.00-6.00
1.35-1.50
CuO-water (33.4
8
C)
2.00-6.00
1.38-1.51
Liu et al.(2006) Cu-water
0.05
1.04
One-step
chemical
method
Transient hot-
wire method
Settlement time
effect
Cu-water
0.10
1.24
Cu-water
0.10
1.24
Cu-water
0.05
1.12
Cu-water
0.10
1.11
Cu-water
0.05
1.09
Cu-water
0.20
1.10
Cu-water
0.20
1.04
Cu-water
0.20
1.13
