Experimental Study on Thermal Properties and Light-to-Thermal Conversion Performance of Ionic Liquids Based Nanofluids

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  • 1. School of Low-carbon Energy and Power Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
    2. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
    3. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Key Laboratory for Green Processing of Chemical Engineering of Xinjiang Bingtuan, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832003, China
    4. School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Hebei 300130, China

Online published: 2023-11-26

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Thanks for financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51906252) the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (No. BK20190632).

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Science Press, Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, CAS and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2023

Abstract

As a new type of energy transport medium with high efficiency and high heat transfer performance, nanofluids have shown broad application prospects in the fields of thermodynamics, solar heat collection, microelectronics, thermal energy, and material science. The wide liquid range and environmental properties of ionic liquids have drawn ample attention to their application when used as a working fluid, especially as a base solvent of nanofluids. The ionic liquid-based nanofluids were prepared by a two-step method using 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazole trifluoroacetate ionic liquid as a base solvent and graphene oxide (GO) as a nanofiller. Thermophysical properties study reveals that the thermal conductivity could be enhanced by 3.0% with the addition of 0.05 wt% GO, and the viscosity and the specific heat capacity were also subject to study as a function of testing temperature and concentration of nanofiller. Additionally, the photothermal conversion efficiency of these nanofluids was studied comprehensively under different conditions. The results show that the photothermal conversion efficiency can reach 83% within an irradiation time of 6000 s and the highest temperature of the nanofluids is up to 105.89°C with a maximum photothermal conversion efficiency increase by 29%.

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LIU Changhui, SHI Xiancong, GAO Ding, CAO Yuqi, GU Yanlong, RAO Zhonghao . Experimental Study on Thermal Properties and Light-to-Thermal Conversion Performance of Ionic Liquids Based Nanofluids[J]. Journal of Thermal Science, 2023 , 32(6) : 1956 -1972 . DOI: 10.1007/s11630-023-1855-2

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