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OBJECTIVE:
Forced convective heat transfer coefficient of the nanofluids using
theoretical correlations in order to compare the results with the
experimental data.
We also evaluated the effects of particle concentration and operating
temperature on the forced convective heat transfer coefficient of the
nanofluids.
EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS:
Nusselt number for the nanofluid to that of pure water
under the same flow rate, varies from 1.05 to 1.14 by
increasing the volume fraction of nanoparticles from 0.5%
to 1.2%, respectively.
Al2O3/ethylene glycol (EG) and Al2O3/water nanofluids in
a radial flow system reported considerable improvement in
heat transfer rate.
Suppression of natural convection heat transfer by
nanofluid of Al2O3/water and CuO/water and concluded
that this could be due to several factors such as
nanoparticles settling and velocity difference between
nanoparticles and base fluid.
DATA ANALYSIS:
RESULT
In heat exchangers, heat transfer is considerably enhanced for
nanofluids compared to the base fluid. In double pipe heat exchanger,
this enhancement is maximally 26% for 1.0% weight aluminum oxide
in ethylene glycol and 37% for 1.0% weight copper oxide in ethylene
glycol.
Under all conditions,there is a direct relationship between
temperature and the enhancement of convective heat transfer
coefficient in nanofluids compared to the base fluid.
Improvements in heat transfer enhancement of nanofluids with
increased fluid temperature can be caused
As the temperature increases the viscosity of base fluid decreases
and the Brownian motion of nanoparticles inside the fluid increases,
consequently convection-like effects are remarkably increased
which lead to increase in convective heat transfer coefficient.
RESULT
Physical property of nano fluid were calculated from
nanoparticle and water at inlet and outlet bulk
temperature using the following equation for density,
viscosity, specific heat and thermal conductivity:
Effect of alumina
nanoparticles on heat
transfer in a DPHE
through laminar flow
regime
13% increase of heat
transfer coefficient for
AK nanofluid and 10%
increase for AR
nanofluid
AK: alumina particle with
43 nm size and a
hydrophobic surface
AR: alumina particle with
2743 nm size and a
hydrophilic surface
Correlation: