Abstract

This article focuses on heat transfer behaviour of silver nanoparticles containing oleic acid surfactant (OA) applied as a working fluid in a two-phase closed rectangular cross sectional thermosyphon (RTPTC). Thus, the OA could reduce the surface tension of the working fluid, which improved the colloidal ability and increased the lead-time period for nanoparticles to be uniformly dispersed. It highlights theories for investigating the effects on heat transfer characteristics of RTPTC such as heat transfer rate, thermal resistance, heat transfer coefficients and nanofluids behaviour. The most important heat transfer characteristic to be examined in this experiment is the relative thermal efficiency (RT). Five working fluids were tested, these include: de-ionized water; de-ionized water base with a silver nanoparticles concentration of 0.5 wt% (NP); and NP containing 0.5; 1; and 1.5 wt% of OA respectively. The results showed that 0.5 wt% NP containing 1 wt% OA produced the best results. It was further found that the heat transfer rate of 0.5 wt% NP containing 1 wt% of OA with a RT value of 1, was the highest across all experimental parameters studied. The NP containing OA demonstrated approximately 80 % higher heat transfer rate than the de-ionized water.

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