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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Published:	Springer Science+Business Media 2014
Subjects:	TA349 Mechanics of engineering. Applied mechanics TP155 Chemical engineering
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spelling	iium-367762018-06-19T06:38:57Z 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 1573-4803 (O), 0022-2461 (P) http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10853-014-8154-y# 10.1007/s10853-014-8154-y
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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
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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author	Rashmi, W. Ismail, Ahmad Faris Khalid, M. Anuar, A. Yusaf, T.
author_facet	Rashmi, W. Ismail, Ahmad Faris Khalid, M. Anuar, A. Yusaf, T.
author_sort	Rashmi, W.
title	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_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_sort	investigating corrosion effects and heat transfer enhancement in smaller size radiators using cnt-nanofluids
publisher	Springer Science+Business Media
publishDate	2014
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Investigating corrosion effects and heat transfer enhancement in smaller size radiators using CNT-nanofluids

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