Experimental Study on Forced Convective Heat Transfer with Low Volume Fraction of CuO/Water Nanofluid

Energies

Lazarus Godson Asirvatham¹  Nandigana Vishal²  Senthil Kumar Gangatharan² 

[1] Department of Mechanical Engineering, Anna University, Chennai, India;

关键词: Convective heat transfer;    CuO nanofluid;    Laminar flow;    Nanofluid;    Nanoheat transfer;    Nanoparticles;    Thermal conductivity enhancement.;   

DOI  :  10.3390/en20100097

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

The present work is an experimental study of steady state convective heat transfer of de-ionized water with a low volume fraction (0.003% by volume) of copper oxide (CuO) nanoparticles dispersed to form a nanofluid that flows through a copper tube. The effect of mass flow rate ranging from (0.0113 kg/s to 0.0139 kg/s) and the effect of inlet temperatures at 10⁰C and 17 ⁰C on the heat transfer coefficient are studied on the entry region under laminar flow condition. The results have shown 8% enhancement of the convective heat transfer coefficient of the nanofluid even with a low volume concentration of CuO nanoparticles. The heat transfer enhancement was increased considerably as the Reynolds number increased. Possible reasons for the enhancement are discussed. Nanofluid thermo-physical properties and chaotic movement of ultrafine particles which accelerate the energy exchange process are proposed to be the main reasons for the observed heat transfer enhancement. A correlation for convective heat transfer coefficient of nanofluids, based on transport property and D/x for 8 mm tube has been evolved. The correlation predicts variation in the local Nusselt number along the flow direction of the nanofluid. A good agreement (±10%) is seen between the experimental and predicted results.

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