Rheological behavior of stabilized diamond-graphene nanoplatelets hybrid nanosuspensions in mineral oil

Abstract Recent advancements in thermo-fluid technology assisted with highly thermal conductive nanomaterials have shown assuring outcomes. It is also proven that thermal conductivity alone cannot define the overall heat transfer characteristics, and the viscous properties are equally significant towards thermal management. Therefore, this research involves investigating the rheological behavior of hybrid nanosuspensions containing high thermally conductive diamond and graphene nanoplatelets (1:1). These nanomaterials are dispersed in mineral oil using a two-step technique. Hybrid nanofluids' stability is achieved using a non-ionic stabilizer Span85, exhibiting no sedimentation for a minimum of five months. Nanomaterial characterizations are performed to study morphology, purity, and chemical analysis. The flow behavior of hybrid nanosuspensions is investigated at varying nanomaterial mass concentrations (0–2%), temperatures (298.15–338.15 K), and shear rates (1–2000 s−1). Hybrid nanofluids exhibit shear-thinning behavior, which is also correlated with the Ostwald-de-Waele model. The temperature-viscosity relationship is well predicted using the Vogel-Fulcher-Tammann model. Hybrid nanofluids show a maximum enhancement of 35% viscosity at 2% concentration. A generalized two-variable correlation is used to express viscosity as a function of temperature and nanofluid concentration with an excellent agreement. Three different machine learning methods, i.e., Artificial Neural Network (ANN), Gradient Boosting Machine (GBM), and Random Forest (RF) algorithms are also introduced to predict the viscosity of hybrid nanofluids based on the three input parameters (temperature, concentration, and shear rate). The parity plots conclude that all algorithms can predict big-data viscous behavior with high precision.