Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Thermal
conductivity
measurement
technique
Concentration
(vol %)
Enhancement
ratio
Synthesis
method
Effect
studied/notes
Reference
Nanofluid
Jha and
Ramapra-
bhu (2009)
MWNT-DI water
0.04
1.15
Two-step
process
Transient hot-
wire method
—
Pd/MWNT-DI water
0.03
1.16
Au/MWNT-DI water
0.03
1.28
Ag/MWNT-DI water
0.03
1.37
MWNT-EG
0.04
1.07
Pd/MWNT-EG
0.03
1.09
Au/MWNT-EG
0.03
1.10
Ag/MWNT-EG
0.03
1.11
Jung and Yoo
(2009)
Al
2
O
3
(150 nm)-water
(20-70
1.0
1.07-1.10
Two-step
process
Not specified
Temperature
effect
8
C)
Al
2
O
3
(47 nm)-water(20-
70
1.0
1.08-1.12
8
C)
4.0
1.14-1.24
Shima et al.
(2009)
Magnetite-water(2.8-
9.5 nm)
1.0
1.007
One-step
procedure
Thermal property
analyzer
Surfactant used,
particle size effect
5.5
1.05-1.25
Timofeeva
et al. (2009)
AlOOH-water/EG (50/
50)(shape platelets)
1.0-7.0
1.02-1.18
Two-step
process
Transient hot-
wire method
Particle shape
effect
AlOOH-water/EG (50/
50)(shape blades)
1.0-7.0
1.03-1.18
AlOOH-water/EG (50/
50)(shape bricks)
1.0-7.0
1.04-1.24
AlOOH-water/EG (50/
50)(shape cylinders)
1.0-7.0
1.05-1.34
