Investigating corrosion effects and heat transfer enhancement in smaller size radiators using CNT-nanofluids

Nanofluids have been extensively studied in the past to enhance the heat transfer performance and efficiency of systems. However, corrosion effects have been paid very little attention and thus this work presents an experimental study on the effect of carbon nanotubes (CNT) on corrosion of three dif...

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Main Authors: Rashmi, W., Ismail, Ahmad Faris, Khalid, M., Anuar, A., Yusaf, T.
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author Rashmi, W.
Ismail, Ahmad Faris
Khalid, M.
Anuar, A.
Yusaf, T.
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Ismail, Ahmad Faris
Khalid, M.
Anuar, A.
Yusaf, T.
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description Nanofluids have been extensively studied in the past to enhance the heat transfer performance and efficiency of systems. However, corrosion effects have been paid very little attention and thus this work presents an experimental study on the effect of carbon nanotubes (CNT) on corrosion of three different metals under study such as aluminium alloy, stainless steel and copper, respectively. The work was further extended to study the heat transfer performance in a car radiator of two different sizes. Both the studies were performed using four different fluids such as water, ethylene glycol, 0.02 % CNT-nanofluid and 0.1 % CNT-nanofluid, respectively. It was observed that among the three metals, the highest rate of corrosion occurs to aluminium, followed by stainless steel and copper, irrespective of the fluid used. The rate of corrosion increased with the increase in temperature (27–90 °C) in all cases. The experimental results showed that the stable CNT-nanofluids prepared in this work showed better heat transfer performance in both engines. Moreover, the smaller radiator using the CNT-nanofluids depicted enhanced heat transfer rates compared to the standard radiator using water and ethylene glycol.
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spelling iium-367762020-11-05T01:11:19Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/36776/ Investigating corrosion effects and heat transfer enhancement in smaller size radiators using CNT-nanofluids Rashmi, W. Ismail, Ahmad Faris Khalid, M. Anuar, A. Yusaf, T. TA349 Mechanics of engineering. Applied mechanics TP155 Chemical engineering Nanofluids have been extensively studied in the past to enhance the heat transfer performance and efficiency of systems. However, corrosion effects have been paid very little attention and thus this work presents an experimental study on the effect of carbon nanotubes (CNT) on corrosion of three different metals under study such as aluminium alloy, stainless steel and copper, respectively. The work was further extended to study the heat transfer performance in a car radiator of two different sizes. Both the studies were performed using four different fluids such as water, ethylene glycol, 0.02 % CNT-nanofluid and 0.1 % CNT-nanofluid, respectively. It was observed that among the three metals, the highest rate of corrosion occurs to aluminium, followed by stainless steel and copper, irrespective of the fluid used. The rate of corrosion increased with the increase in temperature (27–90 °C) in all cases. The experimental results showed that the stable CNT-nanofluids prepared in this work showed better heat transfer performance in both engines. Moreover, the smaller radiator using the CNT-nanofluids depicted enhanced heat transfer rates compared to the standard radiator using water and ethylene glycol. Springer Science+Business Media 2014-07-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/36776/1/Corrosion_Paper_with_page_number.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/36776/4/36776_Investigating%20corrosion%20effects%20and%20heat.SCOPUSpdf.pdf Rashmi, W. and Ismail, Ahmad Faris and Khalid, M. and Anuar, A. and Yusaf, T. (2014) Investigating corrosion effects and heat transfer enhancement in smaller size radiators using CNT-nanofluids. Journal of Materials Science, 49 (13). pp. 4544-4551. ISSN 0022-2461 E-ISSN 1573-4803 http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10853-014-8154-y# 10.1007/s10853-014-8154-y
spellingShingle TA349 Mechanics of engineering. Applied mechanics
TP155 Chemical engineering
Rashmi, W.
Ismail, Ahmad Faris
Khalid, M.
Anuar, A.
Yusaf, T.
Investigating corrosion effects and heat transfer enhancement in smaller size radiators using CNT-nanofluids
title Investigating corrosion effects and heat transfer enhancement in smaller size radiators using CNT-nanofluids
title_full Investigating corrosion effects and heat transfer enhancement in smaller size radiators using CNT-nanofluids
title_fullStr Investigating corrosion effects and heat transfer enhancement in smaller size radiators using CNT-nanofluids
title_full_unstemmed Investigating corrosion effects and heat transfer enhancement in smaller size radiators using CNT-nanofluids
title_short Investigating corrosion effects and heat transfer enhancement in smaller size radiators using CNT-nanofluids
title_sort investigating corrosion effects and heat transfer enhancement in smaller size radiators using cnt-nanofluids
topic TA349 Mechanics of engineering. Applied mechanics
TP155 Chemical engineering
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/36776/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/36776/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/36776/1/Corrosion_Paper_with_page_number.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/36776/4/36776_Investigating%20corrosion%20effects%20and%20heat.SCOPUSpdf.pdf