The objective of the study is to determine the thermo physical property
variations (such as viscosity, density, specific heat capacity and thermal
conductivity) of graphene suspended base fluid (Ethylene Glycol (EG) /Water
(W)), with respect to graphene nanoparticle concentration and hot fluid
inlet temperature. Graphene nanoparticle concentrations (0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8
and 1 volume %) and the base fluid of 30:70 volume % of EG: Water is
prepared initially. The impact of graphene nano particle addition on base
fluids based on experimentation in the commercial plate heat exchanger was
studied. In this experiment, the hot fluid inlet temperature was varied at
55? C, 65? C and 75? C. The experimental results of thermo physical
properties were compared with the selected models proposed in the
literature. Einstein (1956); Kitano (1981); and Bachelor models (1977) have
been used to consider the effect of viscosity. The measured density and
Specific heat capacity was validated with Pak and Cho and Xuan model
respectively. To consider the effect of thermal conductivity, three
different models (Maxwell, 1954; Vajjah, 2010; and Sahoo, 2012) have been
used. Study revealed that the thermo physical properties of base fluid
significantly affects with the graphene nanoparticle suspension.