Increasing heat transfer performance of thermoplastic polyurethane by constructing thermal conduction channels of ultra-thin boron nitride nanosheets and carbon nanotubes

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (43) ◽  
pp. 18823-18830
Author(s):  
Yue Ruan ◽  
Nian Li ◽  
Cui Liu ◽  
Liqing Chen ◽  
Shudong Zhang ◽  
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The TPU-based thermally conductive composite reaches a thermal conductivity of 1.35 W m−1 K−1 and increases the tensile strength by at least 300%.

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Naveen Janjanam ◽  
Rajesh Nimmagadda ◽  
Lazarus Godson Asirvatham ◽  
R. Harish ◽  
Somchai Wongwises

AbstractTwo-dimensional conjugate heat transfer performance of stepped lid-driven cavity was numerically investigated in the present study under forced and mixed convection in laminar regime. Pure water and Aluminium oxide (Al2O3)/water nanofluid with three different nanoparticle volume concentrations were considered. All the numerical simulations were performed in ANSYS FLUENT using homogeneous heat transfer model for Reynolds number, Re = 100 to 500 and Grashof number, Gr = 5000, 13,000 and 20,000. Effective thermal conductivity of the Al2O3/water nanofluid was evaluated by considering the Brownian motion of nanoparticles which results in 20.56% higher value for 3 vol.% Al2O3/water nanofluid in comparison with the lowest thermal conductivity value obtained in the present study. A solid region made up of silicon is present underneath the fluid region of the cavity in three geometrical configurations (forward step, backward step and no step) which results in conjugate heat transfer. For higher Re values (Re = 500), no much difference in the average Nusselt number (Nuavg) is observed between forced and mixed convection. Whereas, for Re = 100 and Gr = 20,000, Nuavg value of mixed convection is 24% higher than that of forced convection. Out of all the three configurations, at Re = 100, forward step with mixed convection results in higher heat transfer performance as the obtained interface temperature is lower than all other cases. Moreover, at Re = 500, 3 vol.% Al2O3/water nanofluid enhances the heat transfer performance by 23.63% in comparison with pure water for mixed convection with Gr = 20,000 in forward step.


2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (25) ◽  
pp. 16476-16482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liu Cui ◽  
Yanhui Feng ◽  
Peng Tan ◽  
Xinxin Zhang

Theoretical insights into the heat transfer performance and its reduction mechanisms in double-walled carbon nanotubes with intertube additional carbon atoms.


2015 ◽  
Vol 138 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ningbo Zhao ◽  
Xueyou Wen ◽  
Shuying Li

Coolant is one of the important factors affecting the overall performance of the intercooler for the intercooled (IC) cycle marine gas turbine. Conventional coolants, such as water and ethylene glycol, have lower thermal conductivity which can hinder the development of highly effective compact intercooler. Nanofluids that consist of nanoparticles and base fluids have superior properties like extensively higher thermal conductivity and heat transfer performance compared to those of base fluids. This paper focuses on the application of two different water-based nanofluids containing aluminum oxide (Al2O3) and copper (Cu) nanoparticles in IC cycle marine gas turbine intercooler. The effectiveness-number of transfer unit method is used to evaluate the flow and heat transfer performance of intercooler, and the thermophysical properties of nanofluids are obtained from literature. Then, the effects of some important parameters, such as nanoparticle volume concentration, coolant Reynolds number, coolant inlet temperature, and gas side operating parameters on the flow and heat transfer performance of intercooler, are discussed in detail. The results demonstrate that nanofluids have excellent heat transfer performance and need lower pumping power in comparison with base fluids under different gas turbine operating conditions. Under the same heat transfer, Cu–water nanofluids can reduce more pumping power than Al2O3–water nanofluids. It is also concluded that the overall performance of intercooler can be enhanced when increasing the nanoparticle volume concentration and coolant Reynolds number and decreasing the coolant inlet temperature.


Author(s):  
Qingshan He ◽  
Yucan Fu ◽  
Jiajia Chen ◽  
Wei Zhang

The use of fluid in grinding enhances heat exchange at the contact zone and reduces grinding temperature. However, the massive use of fluid can cause negative influences on environment and machining cost. In this paper, a novel method of reducing grinding temperature based on heat pipe technology is proposed. One new heat pipe grinding wheel and its heat transfer principle are briefly introduced. A heat transfer mathematical model is established to calculate equivalent thermal conductivity of heat pipe grinding wheel. Compared with the wheel without heat pipe, heat transfer effect of heat pipe grinding wheel is presented, and the influences of heat flux input, cooling condition, wheel speed, and liquid film thickness on heat transfer performance are investigated. Furthermore, dry grinding experiments with two different wheels are conducted to verify the cooling effectiveness on grinding temperature. The results show that thermal conductivity of the wheel with heat pipe can be greatly improved compared to the one without heat pipe; heat transfer performance of heat pipe grinding wheel can change with different grinding conditions; meanwhile, grinding temperatures can be significantly decreased by 50% in dry grinding compared with the wheel without heat pipe.


Author(s):  
Yubai Xiao ◽  
Hu Zhang ◽  
Junmei Wu

Abstract In recent years, hybrid nanofluids, as a new kind of working fluid, have been widely studied because they possessing better heat transfer performance than single component nanofluids when prepared with proper constituents and proportions. The application of hybrid nanofluids in nuclear power system as a working fluid is an effective way of improving the capability of In-Vessel Retention (IVR) when the reactor is in a severe accident. In order to obtain hybrid nanofluids with excellent heat transfer performance, three kinds of hybrid nanofluids with high thermal conductivity are measured by transient plane source method, and their viscosity and stability are also investigated experimentally. These experimental results are used to evaluate the heat transfer efficiency of hybrid nanofluids. The results show that: (1) The thermal conductivity of hybrid nanofluids increases with increasing temperature and volume concentration. When compared to the base fluid, the thermal conductivity of Al2O3-CuO/H2O, Al2O3-C/H2O and AlN-TiO2/H2O nanofluids at 0.25% volume concentration increased by 36%, 24%, and 22%, respectively. (2) Surfactants can improve the stability of hybrid nanofluids. The Zeta potential value is related to the thermal conductivity of the hybrid nanofluids, and it could be used to explain the relationship between the thermal conductivity of the hybrid nanofluids and the dispersion. It also could provide a reference for subsequent screening of high thermal conductivity nanofluids. (3) The addition of C/H2O can effectively reduce the dynamic viscosity coefficient of hybrid nanofluids. (4) The analysis of heat transfer efficiency of the hybrid nanofluids found that both Al2O3-CuO/H2O and Al2O3-C/H2O have better heat transfer ability than water under certain mixing conditions. This study is conducive to further optimizing hybrid nanofluids and its application to the In-Vessel Retention in severe reactor accidents.


2018 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 02002
Author(s):  
Viktor Pukhkal ◽  
Vera Murgul

Analysis of data on the effect of joints of the aerated concrete blocks on the heat transfer uniformity of exterior walls was carried out. It was concluded, that the values of the heat transfer performance uniformity factor in the literature sources were obtained for the regular fragment of a wall construction by approximate addition of thermal conductivities. Heat flow patterns for the aerated concrete exterior walls amid different values of the thermal conductivity factors and design ambient air temperature of -26 °C were calculated with the use of “ELCUT” software for modelling of thermal patterns by finite element method. There were defined the values for the heat transfer performance uniformity factor, reduced total thermal resistance and heat-flux density for the exterior walls. The calculated values of the heat transfer performance uniformity factors, as a function of the coefficient of thermal conductivity of aerated concrete blocks, differ from the known data by a more rigorous thermal and physical substantiation.


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