Synthesis and Characterization of Nanofluids …
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Table 1
A summary of studies on nanofluids done by various researchers
Nanofluid
Synthesis
method
of
nanofluid
Concentration
of nanofluid
(vol.%)
Particle
size
(nm)
Thermal
conductivity
(W/mK)
Electrical
conductivity
(μS/cm)
Temperature
(°C)
pH
Ref.
Aluminium oxide/water
Two-step
0.01
20
–
2.9
25
5.5
Timofeeva
et al. (2007)
Aluminium oxide/water
Two-step
8.47
–
0.6812
314
21
–
Wong and
Kurma
(2008)
Aluminium oxide/water
Two-step
0.03
–
–
351
45
–
Ganguly
et al. (2009)
Magnesium
oxide/ethylene glycol
Two-step
5.0
20
0.354
–
30
–
Xie et al.
(2010)
f-TEG
(functionalized-thermally
exfoliated graphene
oxide)/water
Two-step
0.056 and 0.03 –
0.684 for 0.056
vol.%
60 for 0.03 vol.%
25
–
Baby and
Ramaprabhu
(2010)
f-TEG
(functionalized-thermally
exfoliated graphene
oxide)/ethylene glycol
Two-step
0.05 and 0.03
–
0.258 for 0.05
vol.%
3.2 for 0.03 vol.%
25
–
Baby and
Ramaprabhu
(2010)
Titanium dioxide/water
Two-step
0.5–3
–
–
79.4–275
24–45
–
Sikadar et al.
(2011)
Aluminium oxide/water
Two-step
1–4
–
–
4210 at 4% and
70C
25–70
–
Minea and
Luciu (2012)
(continued)