Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Thermal
conductivity
measurement
technique
Concentration
(vol %)
Enhancement
ratio
Synthesis
method
Effect
studied/notes
Reference
Nanofluid
Oh et al.
(2008)
Al
2
O
3
-water
1.0-5.5
1.04-1.13
Two-step
process
3
ω
technique
—
Al
2
O
3
-EG
1.0-4.0
1.02-1.10
Han et al.
(2008)
Indium-PAO oil (30-
90
8.0
1.11-1.13
One-step
process
3
-wire
technique
Temperature
effect
ω
8
C)
Jha and
Ramapra-
bhu (2008)
MWCNT-water
0.04
1.15
Two-step
procedure
Transient hot-
wire method
—
MWCNT-EG
0.04
1.07
Cu/MWCNT-water
0.03
1.35
Cu/MWCNT-EG
0.03
1.10
Chen et al.
(2008a)
TiO
2
-water
0.22-1.18
1.02-1.06
Two-step
procedure
Transient hot-
wire method
—
TiO
2
-EG
0.08-1.80
1.02-1.15
TNT-water
0.12-0.60
1.003-1.036
TNT-EG
0.1-1.8
1.01-1.14
Yu et al.
(2008a)
Diamond (plasma
treated)-water (20-
50
0.15
1.17-1.25
Two-step
process
Transient hot-
wire method
Stabilizer used,
temperature
effect
8
C)
Diamond (untreated)-
water (20-50
0.15
1.06-1.10
8
C)
Pe ˜ as et al.
(2008)
SiO
2
-water (20-60
8
C)
2.2
1.03-1.01
Two-step
process
Transient multi-
current hot-wire
method
Temperature
effect
SiO
2
-EG (20-60
8
C)
1.2
1.007-1.015
2.5
1.036-1.044
CuO-water (20-608C)
0.4
1.004-1.030
0.8
1.016-1.047
CuO-EG (20-608C)
0.4
1.025-1.032
