Effect of Staggered Configurations on Laminar Forced Convection Heat Transfer From Square Cylinders Inside Water/CuO Nanofluid

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Jafarpur ◽  
M. H. Nowzari ◽  
S. M. H. Jayhooni ◽  
A. Abbasi Baharanchi
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Forced Convection ◽  
Convection Heat Transfer ◽  
Steady Flows ◽  
Convection Heat ◽  
Particle Volume ◽  
Constant Wall Temperature ◽  
Volume Fractions ◽  
Forced Convection Heat Transfer ◽  
Square Cylinders

In the present article, forced convection heat transfer of steady flows pass over staggered square cylinders has been studied numerically. In the tested cases, the passing fluids are nanofluid which has water as base fluid, containing CuO as nanoparticles with different volume fractions. Besides, the flow is laminar and all cylinders are square with constant wall temperature. Recent correlations are used for viscosity and thermal conductivity of nanofluids which are functions of temperature and particle volumetric concentration. Numerical simulations have been performed for low Peclet numbers(Pe ≤ 200), since in this range the flow is steady and laminar. Four different configurations of square cylinders have been studied and the results are compared with each other. This is to investigate the effect of different staggered configurations on forced convection heat transfer inside CuO/Water nanofluids. Finally, a model which has the configuration for the highest heat transfer enhancement inside CuO/Water nanofluids with different particle volume fractions has been specified.

Numerical Investigation of Forced Convection Heat Transfer from Offset Square Cylinders Placed in a Three Dimensional Confined Channel

2015 ◽  
Vol 813-814 ◽  
pp. 729-735 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulraj Maheandera Prabu ◽  
Mahadevan Sivasubramanian ◽  
P. Rajesh Kanna ◽  
M. Uthayakumar ◽  
K.P. Padmanaban
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Nusselt Number ◽  
Forced Convection ◽  
Convection Heat Transfer ◽  
Flow Simulation ◽  
Convection Heat ◽  
Forced Convection Heat Transfer ◽  
Square Cylinders ◽  
Confined Channel

Abstract-Flow over two offset square cylinders in a confined channel is simulated for different Reynoldsnumber to reveal the forced convection heat transfer from the heated square cylinders to the ambientfluid. The bottom of the cylinder is maintained at constant temperature. The distance between thecylinder in normal direction as well as transverse direction are fixed as 2d and the blockage ratio is fixedas 0.167. Heat transfer from the cylinders to the ambient fluid as well as conducted within solid wallthrough conjugate interface boundary investigated in connection with Reynolds number are reportedfor both steady and periodic flow. Simulation is carried out for Reynolds number varies from 10 to100 for the fluid as air with Prandtl number as 0.71. The isotherm contours, local Nusselt number andaverage Nusselt number are reported for various Reynolds number. The stagnation zone results higherNusselt number than remaining walls and rear wall results lowest Nusselt number. The downstreamcylinder results higher Nusselt number than the upstream cylinder. The top and bottom surfaceNusselt number from upstream and downstream cylinder are not analogous to single cylinder placed ina channel.

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