Scientists at Sweden's Institute of Technology have developed a nanofluid solution that could eventually be used to cool massive data centers and server farms. Researcher Mamoun Muhammed told CNN that his team had experimented with various nanoparticles, but the ones currently showing the most potential are oxides of metals such as zinc and copper. However, carbon nanotubes are … [Read more...]
Tiny Technology Making a Big Splash
Thermacore, Inc., a provider of heat pipe technology and other thermal management solutions, announced that Thermacore Europe is making progress as lead partner of an 8.3 million euro ($11.4M) European research project, NanoHex. The team is tasked with developing a next-generation liquid coolant that incorporates purpose engineered nano-particles for more efficient … [Read more...]
Cooling Electronics with Nanofluids: Laminar Convective Heat Transfer
Introduction Numerous reports over the past ten years or so have described the potential for nanofluids (suspensions of nanoparticles in liquids) to be applied as heat transfer fluids, because of the enhanced thermal conductivity and convective heat transfer characteristics that have generally been observed. A number of review articles have been published on nanofluids [1 � 8], … [Read more...]
Comparison Of Heat Transfer Rates Of Different Nanofluids On The Basis Of The Mouromtseff Number
Nanofluids are dispersions of nanometer-sized particles in a base fluid such as water, ethylene glycol or propylene glycol. In the last decade, nanofluids have attracted more attention as a new generation of coolants for various industrial and automotive applications. Use of high thermal conductivity metallic nanoparticles (e.g., copper, aluminum, silver, gold, etc.) … [Read more...]
