Research Article

Copper Oxide Nanoparticles for Advanced Refrigerant Thermophysical Properties: Mathematical Modeling

Table 3

Nanorefrigerant thermal conductivity enhancement.

Nanoparticle volume fraction, Ø (%)Thermal conductivity efficiency, ( / )Nanorefrigerant thermal conductivity enhancement (%)Nanorefrigerant viscosity enhancement (%)Heat transfer rate enhancement (%)

0.0132.21312144.455.1098
0.0233.35323499.585.4936
0.0334.023302165.385.7763
0.0434.523352241.866.0011
0.0534.913390329.0256.1739