Numerical study of laminar flow and heat transfer characteristics in the fin side of the intermittent wavy finned flat tube heat exchanger

2016 ◽  
Vol 103 ◽  
pp. 112-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fei Duan ◽  
KeWei Song ◽  
HouRan Li ◽  
LiMin Chang ◽  
YongHeng Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Laminar Flow ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Heat Transfer Characteristics ◽  
Flat Tube ◽  
Tube Heat Exchanger ◽  
Transfer Characteristics ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer

Laminar Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics of Colloid Suspensions in Water: A Numerical Study

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khalid N. Alammar ◽  
Lin-wen Hu
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Laminar Flow ◽  
Heat Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Volume Flow Rate ◽  
Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Heat Transfer Characteristics ◽  
Transfer Characteristics ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer

Numerical analysis is performed to examine axisymmetric laminar flow and heat transfer characteristics of colloidal dispersions of nanoparticles in water (nanofluids). Effect of volume fraction on flow and heat transfer characteristics is investigated. Four different materials, Alumina, Copper, Copper Oxide, and Graphite are considered. Heat transfer and property measurements were conducted previously for Alumina nanofluid. The measurements have shown that nanofluids can behave as homogeneous mixtures. It is found that oxide-based nanofluids offer the least heat transfer enhancement compared to elements-based nanofluids. When normalized by friction pressure drop, it is shown that graphite can have the highest effective heat transfer enhancement. For a given volume flow rate, all nanofluids exhibited linear increase in heat transfer enhancement with increasing colloids volume fraction, up to 0.05.

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