Investigation of heat capacities of nanofluids

Nanofluid is a usual heat transfer fluid with suspended nanometer sized particles. The recent investigations confirm the potential of nanofluids in enhancing the therflal performance of base fluids. In the present investigation nanofluids containing y-A1203 nanoparticIes in water as base fluid in different concentrations produced and their heat capacities at different temperatures were measured. The results show that heat capacities of nanofluids decrease in comparison with the base fluid.

Keywords:

nanofluid-heat capacity-heat transfer enhancement-nanoparticle ,