TY - JOUR
TI - Efficiency improvement of heat pipe by using Graphene nanofluids with different concentrations
AU - Veerasamy Aruna
AU - Balakrishnan Kanimozhi
AU - Surya Teja Yernagu
AU - Abbas Zaheer
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2020
VL - 24
IS - 1
SP - 447
EP - 452
PT - Article
AB - In the present study thermal performance of heat pipe were validated experimentally. Circular, auxiliary grooved heat pipe were charged with graphene nanofluid with different concentrations (0.6%, 0.75%), orientation, and flow rate are fixed as 90° and 100 mL per minute. All the experimental results are validated and compared to base fluid (deionized water). From the experimental results, in-creasing nanofluid concentrations increases thermal performance and decreases thermal resistance. Although the wall temperature of heat pipe higher with graphene/water nanofluid than base fluid. Thus, graphene nanoparticles are suitable for heat pipe to increase their performance and capillary action.