Analysis of the thermal conductivity of the aqueous-based TiO2 nanofluid for nuclear applications

Abstract

This work aims to investigate the thermophysical properties of T iO 2 nanofluids in water base experimentally and also comparing results to the literature. Exis ting studies indicate that nanofluids presents increase in thermal conductivity compared to the base fluid which in this study will be water, thus, can be classified as promising fluids for heat transport applications. As the proposal is to use it in nuclea r applications, the survey of experimen tal measurements was performed before and after irradiation in the IPEN installations to verify the effect of ionizing radiation on the properties of nanofluids. Thermal conductivity , viscosity and some visualization of nanopar ticles in SEM were carried out in order to understand the behavior of radiation influence on nanofluids and it properties.