Molecular Mechanisms of Enhanced Thermal Conductivity in Copper-based Nanofluids

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The combination of the transport properties of liquids with the high thermal conductivity of metals is a promising way of improving heat transfer efficiency and thus reduce energy consumption in a multitude of practical applications. In this context, metal-based nanofluidic suspensions show great promise as novel heat carriers. An enhancement in thermal conductivity depends strongly on the nature of the nanoparticles, but also depends on the nature of the host fluid. In the case of glycerol, we have recently found a significant enhancement of the relative thermal conductivity at ambient conditions upon the addition of copper-based nanoparticles.The aim of this proposal is to investigate, by means of neutron spectroscopy (IRIS), the effect of copper nanoparticles on the molecular transport properties of glycerol.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.24086009
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/24086009
Provenance
Creator Professor Felix Fernandez-Alonso; Dr Rodolphe Heyd
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2014
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2011-05-25T10:01:55Z
Temporal Coverage End 2011-06-03T08:41:01Z