Study of Heat Transfer of Nanofluids in a Circular Tube

Authors: M. Amoura, M. Alloti, A. Mouassi, N. Zeraibi

Abstract:

Heat transfer behavior of three different types of nanofluids flowing through a horizontal tube under laminar regime has been investigated numerically. The wall of tube is maintained at constant temperature. Al₂O₃-water, CuO-water and TiO₂-water are used with different Reynolds number and different volume fraction. The numerical results of heat transfer indicate that the Nusselt number of nanofluids is larger than that of the base fluid. The Pressure loss coefficient decreases by increasing Reynolds number for all types of nanofluids. Results of Nusselt number enhancement and pressure loss coefficient enhancement indicate that Al₂O₃ nanoparticules give the best results in term of thermal-hydrolic properties.

Keywords: Heat transfer, Laminar flow, Nanofluid, Numerical study.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1088042

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