%A W.U. Rehman
%A Z.M.A. Mercian
%A A.H. Bhat
%A B.H. Guan
%A A.A. Sulaimon
%A I.U. Khan
%A H. Ullah
%A A. Mukhtar
%A S. Saqib
%A A. Hameed
%A M. Yasir
%A A. Ahmad
%I Institute of Physics Publishing
%V 736
%T Synthesis and Enhancement of Thermal Conductivity of Surfactant Free MWCNTs-Jatropha Oil-based Nanofluid
%L scholars13358
%J IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
%O cited By 2; Conference of Energy Security and Chemical Engineering Congress 2019, ESChE 2019 ; Conference Date: 17 July 2019 Through 19 July 2019; Conference Code:158114
%R 10.1088/1757-899X/736/2/022076
%N 2
%D 2020
%X Thermal conductivity enhancement of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) based nanofluids received the attention of many researchers due to its remarkable thermal properties. However, the synthesis of surfactant-free multi-walled carbon nanotubes based nanofluids with higher dispersion stability to maintain a trade-off between its dispersion stability and thermophysical properties is still a challenge. In this research, a surfactant-free multi-walled carbon nanotube and Jatropha seed oil-based nano-dispersion are prepared via one-step method and subjected to experimental determination of thermal conductivity within the temperature range of (25 °C - 65 °C) and nanoparticle volume fraction range of (0.2 wt. - 0.8 wt.). The prepared nanofluid found to be highly stable for long time and its thermal conductivity enhancement was found to be 6.76. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.