Nanoparticles in Ionic Liquids: Numerical Evaluation of Heat Transfer Behavior in Laminar Flow

Developing materials that efficiently combine cutting-edge technology with competitive costs so as to meet technical, economic and, last but not least, environmental challenges are a must in the field of materials engineering and beyond. Ionic liquids are heat transfer fluids that offer a wide range of advantageous properties. One of the most recent applications of these complex ionic liquids and nanomaterial systems is the ionanofluids. In this paper we performed a numerical study of the laminar flow of a fluid through a pipeline, accompanied by thermal transfer. The problem is typically addressed by validating the model on experimental bases and then implementing four less studied fluids, namely two ionic liquids and two ionanofluids (obtained by adding 1% multi walled carbon nanotubes). The numerical results presented confirm the theory of the definite advantages of adding nanoparticles to conventional liquids.