The interface effect of carbon nanotube suspension on the thermal performance of a two-phase closed thermosyphon

An aqueous solution of carbon nanotubes, treated by a concentrated nitric/sulfuric acid mixture to disentangle the nanotubes, was utilized as the working medium in a two-phase closed thermosyphon to investigate its performance. In comparison with the thermosyphon filled with a distilled water medium, the one filled with carbon nanotube suspension has a high evaporation section wall temperature, incipience temperature, and excursion, as well as thermal resistance. The carbon nantotubes’ nanofluid deteriorates the performance of the gravity-assisted heat pipe. Measurements employing the maximum bubble pressure method demonstrate that suspending carbon nanotubes in bulk water gives rise to increased surface tension. In addition, the contact angle of suspension obtained with the sessile drop method on a copper plate is much smaller than that of water. Alterations of solid-liquid-vapor interfacial properties, arising from the addition of carbon nanotubes, change the boiling mechanism and thus deteriorate the b...

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