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Experimental analysis of stability and thermal conductivity for silica nanofluid in water block heat sink

Experimental analysis of stability and thermal conductivity for silica nanofluid in water block heat sink / Rahmah Zulkeflee
Prestasi terma telah menjadi salah satu isu utama dalam industri elektronik, dan ini selaras dengan perkembangan semasa. Cecair kerja konvensional yang sering digunakan oleh alat elektronik mempunyai kekurangan kecekapan untuk memindahkan haba bagi tujuan penyejukan. Oleh itu, nanofluid digunakan sebagai alternatif kerana ia lebih cekap dan dapat membantu dalam penambahbaikan pemindahan haba berbanding cecair yang sedia ada. Kajian ini mengunakan silica nanofluid bersama Arabic gum sebagai surfactant. Tujuan utama penyelidikan ini adalah bagi menyiasat kesan dan perbezaan ketika mengunakan partikel nano yang berbeza kepekatan didalam cecair kerja ke atas sifat termofilik dan kestabilan. Pelbagai kepekatan bagi partikel nano SiO2 (0.1, 0.3, 0.5) % digunakan untuk proses penyebaran. Cecair nanofluid dibiarkan menyerap mengunakan proses sonikasi selama 20 minit. Pengedaran suhu pada sirip peyejuk blok air pada kadar (0.05 to 0.1) m3/hr dan kuasa pemanasan sebanyak (20-60) watt digunakan untuk menentukan kecekapan nanofluid sebagai pengalir haba cecair. Kesan terhadap kepekatan yang berbeza menunjukan penurunan sehingga 7.7%, peningkatan HTC sebanyak 4.3% dan penurunan haba paling tinggi sebanyak 26.6% bagi kepekatan 0.3% SiO2 jika dibandingkan dengan air suling sebagai cecair kerja. Silica nanofluid menunjukkan kestabilan terbaik di dalam GA dengan nisbah 1:5 surfactant dan partikel nano silica sehingga 30 hari tanpa pemendapan untuk 0.1% kepekatan isipadu. Oleh itu, silica nanofluid mempunyai konduktiviti thermal yang tinggi berbanding cecair konvensional dan mempunyai kemampuan untuk bertindak sebagai cecair terma didalam pasaran bahan pemindahan haba. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Thermal performance has become one of the main issues in electronic industries in line with prevailing development. Conventional working fluid often used by electronic devices has some shortcomings on the efficiency of transferring heat for cooling purposes. Hence, nanofluid is used as replacement is a promising alternative as it will be able to help improvising and more competent than subsist working fluid. In this experiment silica-water based nanofluid with Gum Arabic as surfactant is used. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of different volume concentration of nanoparticles in working fluid of cooling water block on thermophysical properties and stability. Various volume concentration of SiO2 nanoparticles (0.1, 0.3, 0.5) % is used through two step method for dispersion process and nanofluid was dispersed using sonication process for 20 minutes. Temperature distribution on heat sink water block with range of flow rates (0.05 to 0.1) m3/hr and heating power of (20-60) W will be used to determine the efficiency of nanofluid as heat transfer fluids. The effect of different volume concentrations on base temperature of heat sink was found to be decreased up to 7.7%, increment of convective HTC by 4.3% and highest thermal reduction of 26.6% for volume concentrations of 0.3% SiO2 compared to distilled water as conventional fluid. Silica nanofluid shows most stable in GA with ratio of 1:5 surfactant and silica nanoparticles to the extends of 30 days without sedimentation for 0.1% volume concentration. Therefore, silica nanofluid possessed better thermophysical properties than conventional fluid (distilled water) and had the ability to work as thermal fluid in heat transfer system.
Contributor(s):
Rahmah Zulkeflee - Author
Primary Item Type:
Final Year Project
Identifiers:
Accession Number : 875008180
Language:
English
First presented to the public:
6/1/2019
Original Publication Date:
7/9/2019
Previously Published By:
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Place Of Publication:
School of Aerospace Engineering
Citation:
Extents:
Number of Pages - 77
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Date Deposited
2019-07-09 16:56:31.968
Submitter:
Mohd Jasnizam Mohd Salleh

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