Heat transfer in polyethylene nanocomposites: A multiscale approach

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1 Department of Physics, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, 45195-313, Iran

2 Advanced Simulation and Computing Lab. (ASCL), Mechanical Engineering Department, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, 34148–96818, Iran

Abstract

In this paper, using the non-equilibrium molecular dynamics (NEMD) simulation approach, and the effective medium approximation (EMA) method, we investigate the effect of graphene nanoscale filler, as an enhancer, on the effective thermal conductivity of polyethylene-based nanocomposites. Our results suggest that the thermal conductivity of polyethylene at room temperature was estimated to be nearly 0.21 W/m.K, through using the reactive bond order (AIREBO) interatomic potential. This study shows that by increasing the volume fraction of graphene nanofillers, the effective thermal conductivity of the nanocomposite increases. We also observed that by increasing the volume fraction of graphene from 1% to 3%, the normalized thermal conductivity of nanocomposite increases to nearly 55%..

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Journal of Research on Many-body Systems
Volume 12, Issue 2 - Serial Number 33
summer2022
August 2022
Pages 21-30

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  • Receive Date: 24 January 2021
  • Revise Date: 24 February 2022
  • Accept Date: 20 July 2022

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