Abstract

Binary nanofluids, nanoparticle suspensions in binary mixture, are developed to enhance the heat and mass transfer performance of absorption refrigeration cycles. To stabilize the nanoparticles in a strong electrolyte, polymer is used as a steric stabilizer. The effective thermal conductivities of the binary nanofluids with the concentrations of nanoparticle up to 0.1 vol% are measured using the transient hot wire method. Comparing the thermal conductivity change with time, it is found that the dispersion stability of nanofluids is a dominant factor for enhancing the thermal conductivity of binary nanofluids. It is also found that the thermal conductivity of the binary nanofluids (H 2O/LiBr binary mixture with Al 2O 3 nanoparticles) increases with the particle volume concentration and enhances by 2.2% at 0.1 vol% concentration condition. Also a modified dimensionless group is proposed to find the maximum radius of nanoparticles to maintain stable nanofluids. In this study, it was estimated ∼1.3 μm.

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