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Stochastic thermal transport of nanoparticle suspensions

  • Yimin Xuan
  • , Qiang Li
  • , Xing Zhang
  • , Motoo Fujii
  • Nanjing University of Science and Technology
  • Kyushu University

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Abstract

Both the Langevin equation of the Brownian motion and the concept of the stochastic thermal process are adopted to describe the temperature fluctuation of the nanoparticles suspended in carrier liquids. The heat transfer chain between the nanoparticles and the ambient liquid is analyzed. Based on the superposition principle and the Green-Kubo theorem, a thermal conductivity model that is able to account for the effects of the volume fraction and sizes of nanoparticles has been developed. Comparisons show that the results predicted by the present model are well coincident with the experimental data.

Original languageEnglish
Article number043507
JournalJournal of Applied Physics
Volume100
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006

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