Assessment of Stability and Thermophysical Properties of Jojoba Nanofluid as a Metal-Cutting Fluid: Experimental and Modelling Investigation

Author:

Gaurav Gaurav,Dangayach Govind Sharan,Meena Makkhan Lal,Sharma AbhayORCID

Abstract

Nanofluids based on vegetable oil have emerged as ecological alternatives to conventional cutting fluids. Jojoba-seed oil has recently been identified as adequate for use in metal cutting. Aiming to assess the stability and thermophysical properties of jojoba nanofluids, this article reports an experiment- and modelling-based investigation. The stability, viscosity and thermal conductivity of jojoba MoS2 nanofluid were studied across a broad range of temperatures and concentrations of nanoparticles. The functional relationship of the viscosity and thermal conductivity to the temperature and concentration was determined by regression analysis. In addition to confirming known phenomena, vis-à-vis the effect of the concentration and temperature on the viscosity and thermal conductivity, this study shows that the increase in the thermal conductivity in line with the concentration stagnates after an initial sharp rise due to an increase in the attractive forces between the particles. The viscosity displays a second-order interactive relationship with the temperature and concentration of the nanoparticles, whereas thermal conductivity follows a complex third-order interaction model. In addition to being economical, jojoba nanofluid matches or surpasses the nanofluid prepared using commercially available mineral-oil-based cutting fluid (LRT 30)—which is specially designed for the minimum-quantity lubrication method of metal cutting. Conclusively, this investigation paves the way for the shop-floor application of jojoba nanofluid in metal-cutting operations.

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Surfaces, Coatings and Films,Mechanical Engineering

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