Thermal characterisation study of ZrO2/water nanofluid

ABSTRACT

Nanofluids act as tough elements in future of coolants in thermal management systems. Nanofluids have a remarkable potential in the process of heat transfer augmentation, which is reported in various investigations conducted by researchers across the world. Nanofluids attracted many researchers and the progress in this field has been tremendous because of the high thermal properties and probable applications in some areas like aerospace, transportation industry, medical regions and also as micro electronics. These fluids are having conjoined properties of base fluid and nano particles. This current work reports the thermophysical properties of ZrO₂/water-based nanofluid. The synthesised nanoparticles have been characterised by scanning electron microscope and XRD techniques. The behaviour of thermal conductivity and viscosity of the ZrO₂/water-based nanofluid of various concentrations have been studied.