CFD analysis on natural convective heat transfer of Al2O3-gear oil nanolubricant used in HEMM

2017 ◽  
Vol 69 (5) ◽  
pp. 673-677
Author(s):  
Ankit Kotia ◽  
Subrata Kumar Ghosh
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Convective Heat Transfer ◽  
Convective Heat ◽  
Thermal Performance ◽  
Heat Transfer Performance ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Transfer Performance ◽  
Left Wall ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Gear Oil

Purpose The present work aims to numerically investigate the natural convective heat transfer performance of aluminium oxide (Al2O3)-gear oil nanolubricant used in heavy earth moving machinery (HEMM). Design/methodology/approach Viscosity, density and thermal conductivity of nanolubricants have been experimentally determined. The numerical simulation has been performed by using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for a cylinder cavity which resembles shape of automatic transmission system of HEMM. The left wall temperature has been maintained at 293 to 313 K, and right wall is at a constant temperature of 283 K. Due to absence of any experimental study on natural convective heat transfer performance of Al2O3-gear oil nanolubricant, initially CFD model has been tested for accuracy by comparing experimental, and CFD results for Al2O3-water nanofluid has been available in open literature. Findings It has been observed that Nusselt number increases with increase in Rayleigh number, but it decreases with increasing particle volume fraction. The gear oil-based nanolubricant is expected to have the better thermal performance in HEMM at higher temperature. Practical implications The numerical analysis will help to predict the thermal performance of nanolubricant. The outcome may help the designers, researchers and manufacturers of HEMM. Originality/value Most of the previous studies have been limited with base fluid as water, ethylene glycol, etc. in the field of nanofluid. CFD study for thermal performance of Al2O3-gear oil nanolubricant is essential before the experimental work. This work is the preliminary stage of application of, nanolubricant for heat transfer.

Experimental Study on Convective Heat Transfer Performance of Iron Oxide Based Ferrofluids in Microtubes

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Evrim Kurtoğlu ◽  
Alihan Kaya ◽  
Devrim Gözüaçık ◽  
Havva Funda Yağcı Acar ◽  
Ali Koşar
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Convective Heat Transfer ◽  
Convective Heat ◽  
Base Fluid ◽  
Heat Transfer Performance ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Outer Diameter ◽  
Transfer Performance ◽  
Wide Range

Ferrofluids are colloidal suspensions, in which the solid phase material is composed of magnetic nanoparticles, while the base fluid can potentially be any fluid. The solid particles are held in suspension by weak intermolecular forces and may be made of materials with different magnetic properties. Magnetite is one of the materials used for its natural ferromagnetic properties. Heat transfer performance of ferrofluids should be carefully analyzed and considered for their potential of their use in wide range of applications. In this study, convective heat transfer experiments were conducted in order to characterize convective heat transfer enhancements with lauric acid coated ironoxide (Fe3O4) nanoparticle based ferrofluids, which have volumetric fractions varying from 0% to ∼5% and average particle diameter of 25 nm, in a hypodermic stainless steel microtube with an inner diameter of 514 μm, an outer diameter of 819 μm, and a heated length of 2.5 cm. Heat fluxes up to 184 W/cm2 were applied to the system at three different flow rates (1 ml/s, 0.62 ml/s, and 0.36 ml/s). A decrease of around 100% in the maximum surface temperature (measured at the exit of the microtube) with the ferrofluid compared to the pure base fluid at significant heat fluxes (>100 W/cm2) was observed. Moreover, the enhancement in heat transfer increased with nanoparticle concentration, and there was no clue for saturation in heat transfer coefficient profiles with increasing volume fraction over the volume fraction range in this study (0–5%). The promising results obtained from the experiments suggest that the use of ferrofluids for heat transfer, drug delivery, and biological applications can be advantageous and a viable alternative as new generation coolants and futuristic drug carriers.

scholarly journals Convective heat transfer performance of thermal oil-based nanofluids in a high-temperature thermohydraulic loop

2022 ◽  
Vol 171 ◽  
pp. 107243
Author(s):  
Javier Gil-Font ◽  
Nuria Navarrete ◽  
Estefanía Cervantes ◽  
Rosa Mondragón ◽  
Salvador F. Torró ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
High Temperature ◽  
Convective Heat Transfer ◽  
Convective Heat ◽  
Heat Transfer Performance ◽  
Transfer Performance ◽  
Thermal Oil

Convective Heat Transfer Performance of FC-72 in a Pin-Finned Channel

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liang-Han Chien ◽  
S.-Y. Pei ◽  
T.-Y. Wu
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Convective Heat Transfer ◽  
Convective Heat ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Smooth Surface ◽  
Heat Transfer Performance ◽  
Fluid Temperature ◽  
Transfer Performance ◽  
Finned Surface

This study investigates the influence of the heat flux and mass velocity on convective heat transfer performance of FC-72 in a rectangular channel of 20mm in width and 2 mm in height. The heated side has either a smooth surface or a pin-finned surface. The inlet fluid temperature is maintained at 30°C. The total length of the test channel is 113 mm, with a heated length of 25mm. The flow rate varies between 80 and 960 ml/min, and the heat flux sets between 18 and 50 W/cm2. The experimental results show that the controlling variable is heat flux instead of flow rate because of the boiling activities in FC-72. At a fixed flow rate, the pin-finned surface yields up to 20% higher heat transfer coefficient and greater critical heat flux than those of a smooth surface.

Preliminary Investigation on Convective Heat Transfer of Rod Bundle Flow With Spacer Grid for Nuclear Fuel Assembly Application

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chi Young Lee ◽  
Chang Hwan Shin ◽  
Wang Kee In ◽  
Dong Seok Oh ◽  
Tae Hyun Chun
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Fuel Assembly ◽  
Convective Heat Transfer ◽  
Convective Heat ◽  
Heat Transfer Performance ◽  
Axial Flow ◽  
Transfer Performance ◽  
Spacer Grid ◽  
Rod Bundle ◽  
Nuclear Fuel Assembly

The convective heat transfer of rod bundle flow with spacer grid was investigated preliminarily for nuclear reactor core application. As the test fluid, the water was used. To simulate the nuclear fuel assembly, 4×4 rod bundle with P/D (=pitch between rods/rod diameter) of ∼1.35 was prepared together with a spacer grid with twist-mixing vane. A single heated section with five thermocouples embedded in the surface along the circumferential direction was installed around the center subchannel. The measurements of wall temperatures were carried out upstream and downstream of spacer grid. For the rod bundle flow at the inlet of spacer grid (i.e., upstream of spacer grid), the wall temperatures at the gap and subchannel centers exhibited the higher and lower, respectively, which was because in the subchannel center, the axial flow velocity became higher, as compared with the gap center. On the other hand, downstream of spacer grid, the rod wall toward the tip of twist-mixing vane showed the lowest temperature in the measurements along the circumferential direction of rod wall. Near the twist-mixing vane, the averaged wall temperature was observed to be remarkably low, which implies that the twist-mixing vane is an effective tool to enhance the convective heat transfer performance. However, along the axial flow direction behind the spacer grid, the averaged wall temperatures became to increase, and the enhancement of convective heat transfer performance by mixing vane faded away.

Paper 5: A Comparison of the Natural Convective Heat Transfer Performance of Three Fluids from a Horizontal Flat Surface near the Critical Point

1967 ◽  
Vol 182 (9) ◽  
pp. 27-35
Author(s):  
J. W. Bramall ◽  
T. C. Daniels
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Convective Heat Transfer ◽  
Convective Heat ◽  
Critical Region ◽  
Heat Transfer Performance ◽  
Heating Surface ◽  
Transfer Performance ◽  
Surface Geometry ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Show Evidence

One of the main problems with heat transfer research in the critical region is the lack of accurate thermodynamic and transport property data. This lack of information makes the actual heat transfer performance very difficult to correlate, whilst the extreme property variations produce other effects, which are also dependent on the heating surface geometry. Three fluids, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, and chlorotrifluoromethane, were therefore tested with a view to establishing whether they had similar regions of heat transfer and whether any similarity with boiling existed. The results show that in the critical region the normal convective heat transfer is augmented by a process to give results which look very like the lower portion of the normal boiling curve. Finally the authors show evidence to support the theory that there are preferential areas of heat transfer in the supercritical region.

scholarly journals Buoyancy-induced convection from a pair of heated and cooled horizontal circular cylinders inside an adiabatic tilted cavity filled with alumina/water nanofluids

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 3163-3181
Author(s):  
Massimo Corcione ◽  
Emanuele Habib ◽  
Alessandro Quintino ◽  
Elisa Ricci ◽  
Vincenzo Andrea Spena
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Performance ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Suspended Solid ◽  
Circular Cylinders ◽  
Transfer Performance ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Tilting Angle

Purpose This paper aims to investigate numerically buoyancy-induced convection from a pair of differentially heated horizontal circular cylinders set side by side in a nanofluid-filled adiabatic square enclosure, inclined with respect to gravity so that the heated cylinder is located below the cooled one, using a two-phase model based on the double-diffusive approach assuming that the Brownian diffusion and thermophoresis are the only slip mechanisms by which the solid phase can develop a significant relative velocity with respect to the liquid phase. Design/methodology/approach The system of the governing equations of continuity, momentum and energy for the nanofluid, and continuity for the nanoparticles, is solved by a computational code based on the SIMPLE-C algorithm. Numerical simulations are performed for Al2O3 + H2O nanofluids using the average volume fraction of the suspended solid phase, the tilting angle of the enclosure, the nanoparticle size, the average nanofluid temperature and the inter-cylinder spacing, as independent variables. Findings The main results obtained may be summarized as follows: at high temperatures, the nanofluid heat transfer performance relative to that of the pure base liquid increases with increasing the average volume fraction of the suspended solid phase, whereas at low temperatures it has a peak at an optimal particle loading; the relative heat transfer performance of the nanofluid has a peak at an optimal tilting angle of the enclosure; the relative heat transfer performance of the nanofluid increases notably as the average temperature is increased, and just moderately as inter-cylinder spacing is increased and the nanoparticle size is decreased. Originality/value The two-phase computational code used in the present study incorporates three empirical correlations for the evaluation of the effective thermal conductivity, the effective dynamic viscosity and the coefficient of thermophoretic diffusion, all based on a high number of literature experimental data.

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