Nanofluids it is a relatively new category of thermal fluids that can serve as coolants, both in single- and two phase systems. However application of nanofluids in industrial applications requires faultless their thermophysical properties. Existing models originally developed for liquid/solid particles mixtures (slurries) fail in case of nanofluids. Moreover correlations used to calcuate heat transfer coefficients of conventional...

Przedstawiono wyniki pomiarów kąta zwilżania trzech nanocieczy: woda-Al2O3, woda-TiO2 oraz woda-Cu. Koncentracja nanocząstek wynosiła: 0.01%, 0.1% oraz 1%. Pomiary przeprowadzono dla podłoża szklanego, aluminiowego i ze stali nierdzewnej. Kąt zwilżania mierzono za pomocą goniometru, a także na podstawie zdjęć wykonanych za pomocą kamery cyfrowej.

Some peculiarities regarding convective heat transfer of nanofluids are presented. Particularly, results of the fundamental research concerning pool boiling and single phase convection of nanofluids as well as data obtained for selected heat exchangers operated with nanofluids are discussed.