Experimental investigation of erosion due to nanofluids
Braut, Marthe; González-Fernández, Luis; Kosinska, Anna Dorota; Grosu, Yaroslav; Kosinski, Pawel Jan; Balakin, Boris
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Braut, M., González-Fernández, L., Kosinska, A., Grosu, Y., Kosinski, P., & Balakin, B. V. (2022). Experimental investigation of erosion due to nanofluids. Wear, 502-503. 10.1016/j.wear.2022.204378Sammendrag
The demand for efficient and sustainable energy is continuously increasing. Among the many technologies with great potential within this field are nanofluids. Nevertheless, there is still a considerable lack of information regarding their erosive effects on systems materials. In this research, the tribological behaviour of aqueous 1.33 wt% TiO2 nanofluid was investigated when jet-impinged with an average velocity of 0.8 m/s at flat targets of various materials (plastic, copper, rubber). The target surfaces were analysed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDX) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). It was found that impinging TiO2 nanofluid caused erosion of 282 g/( yr.mm2 ) for copper and 212 g/( yr.mm2 ) for plastic. In addition, a deposition of nanoparticles was found for rubber at rate of 2.7 kg/(yr.mm2 ).