Experimental Study of the Stability of Deionized Water Based Copper Oxide Nanofluid and Achievement to the Optimal Stability Conditions

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In this study, the stability of deionized water based copper oxide nanofluid with weight concentration of 0.1 percent is investigated experimentally. The experiments are designed to investigate the influence of rotational speed and dispersion time of nanoparticles in the base fluid, ultrasonic waving time, type and concentration of surfactants and pH on the nanofluid stability and achieve to an optimal stability condition. The results are statistically analysed using Taguchi method by implementing Qualitek-4 software. Furthermore, nanofluid stability is evaluated by investigation of sedimentation photographs also, zeta potential method. The results showed that using sodium dodecyl sulphate with weight concentration of 0.1 percent, ultrasonic waving by ultrasonic probe device for an hour and changing the pH to 10.72, provide the best conditions for dispersing copper oxide nanoparticles in deionized water. In this condition, prepared nanofluid is maintained it̕s stability with no trace of sedimentation of nanoparticles for forty days at least.

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