Numerical Simulation of Water-Based Alumina Nanofluid in Subchannel Geometry

Table 1

Specific heat capacity and thermal conductivity for different materials [26].

Materials	Specific heat	Thermal conductivity
	(kJ/kg K)	(W/m K)
Diamond	0.509	3300
Carbon nanotube	—	3000
Silver (Ag)	0.235	429
Copper (Cu)	0.385	401
Silicon carbide (SiC)	1.340	350
Titanium carbide (TiC)	0.711	330
Gold (Au)	0.129	317
Aluminum nitride (AlN)	0.740	285
Aluminum (Al)	0.904	237
Silicon (Si)	0.714	148
Graphite	0.701	120
Sodium (Na)	1.230	72.3
Alumina (Al2O3)	0.773	40
Copper oxide (CuO)	0.551	32.9
Titanium dioxide (TiO2)	0.692	8.4
Water (base fluid)	4.187	0.613