CIESC Journal ›› 2013, Vol. 64 ›› Issue (9): 3324-3330.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0438-1157.2013.09.034

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Influence of surfactant on characteristics of solid-liquid phase change for water-based nanofluid

LI Xing1, CHEN Ying1, MO Songping1, JIA Lisi2   

  1. 1. School of Material and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, Guangdong, China;
    2. School of Power Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
  • Received:2013-01-10 Revised:2013-04-01 Online:2013-09-05 Published:2013-09-05
  • Supported by:

    supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51106031).

表面活性剂对水基纳米流体固液相变特性的影响

李兴1, 陈颖1, 莫松平1, 贾莉斯2   

  1. 1. 广东工业大学材料与能源学院, 广东 广州 510006;
    2. 重庆大学动力工程学院, 重庆 400044
  • 通讯作者: 陈颖
  • 作者简介:李兴(1988- ),男,硕士研究生。
  • 基金资助:

    国家自然科学基金项目(51106031);国家自然科学基金-广东联合资助项目(U0934006);广东省教育部产学研结合项目(2011B090400374)。

Abstract: Surfactant was used in the study to help dispersing TiO2 nanoparticles in deionized water.The effects of different surfactants(sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate(SDBS),polyvinylpyrrolidone(PVP)and cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide(CTAB))on the dispersion stability and solid-liquid phase transition of TiO2-H2O nanofluids were investigated.Surfactants SDBS and PVP significantly enhanced the dispersion stability of TiO2-H2O nanofluid,and reduced its degree of supercooling by about 37.02% and 9.65%,respectively.Whereas,surfactant CTAB showed no effect on improving the dispersion stability of TiO2-H2O nanofluid,and even worse,increased the degree of supercooling of nanofluid by about 6.11%.The adsorption structures of SDBS,PVP and CTAB were analyzed by measuring the adsorbent layer thickness on TiO2 nanoparticles(X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy).The adsorption structures of surfactants SDBS and PVP were hydrophilic while that of surfactant CTAB was micellar,which could explain the above phenomena.In addition,all three surfactants were found to extend the phase transition time of TiO2-H2O nanofluid due to the decrease in the thermal conductivity of nanofluid.

Key words: water-base nanofluid, surfactant, adsorption structure, degree of supercooling

关键词: 水基纳米流体, 表面活性剂, 吸附结构, 过冷度

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