Abstract

ABSTRACT In this report is presented a simple and accurate method based on moire deflectometry for studying of nanofluids' thermal conductivity, containing gold nanoparticles suspended in a liquid medium. A collimated laser beam passes through a cell of nanofluids and then enters a moire deflectometer. Due to a temperature gradient in the nanofluids, a prism-like medium is formed. The propagation direction of the beam is changed and the moire fringes are displaced. Finally, thermal conductivity of the nano-fluids may be determined from the moire fringe displacement. The temperature gradient is then calculated using a simple model based on the Fourier law of heat transfer. This model is expected to reasonably predict the temporal evolution of nanofluid temperature gradient.

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