Numerical Study of Fluid Dynamic and Heat Transfer in a Compact Heat Exchanger Using Nanofluids

Table 2

Thermophysical properties of coolants [26].

Properties	Nanoparticle (diamond)	Base fluid (ethylene glycol)	Nano fluid (DM-EG)
			𝜑=2%
ρ (kg/m^3)	3510	1076	1124.68
𝐶𝑝 (J/kg⋅K)	497.26	2664	2528.76
κ (W/m⋅K)	1000	0.261	0.277
μ (Ns/m^2)		0.003036	0.003188
Properties	Nanoparticle (silicon dioxide)	Base fluid (ethylene glycol)	Nano fluid (SiO2-EG)
			𝜑=2%
ρ (kg/m^3)	2200	1076	1098.48
𝐶𝑝 (J/kg⋅K)	703	2664	2528.45
κ (W/m⋅K)	1.2	0.261	0.2696
μ (Ns/m^2)		0.003036	0.003188
Properties	Nanoparticle (copper)	Base fluid (ethylene glycol)	Nano fluid (Cu-EG)
			𝜑=2%
ρ (kg/m^3)	8933	1076	1233.14
𝐶𝑝 (J/kg⋅K)	385	2664	2333.81
κ (W/m⋅K)	401	0.261	0.2769
μ (Ns/m^2)		0.003036	0.003188