Study of heat transfer due to turbulent flow of nanofluids through rib-groove channel

A. N. Al-Shamani*, K. Sopian, A. M. Abed, M. A. Alghoul, M. H. Ruslan, S. Mat

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Abstract

Nanofluids for improve characteristics flow in a rib-groove channel are investigate. The continuity, momentum and energy equations were solved by FLUENT program. The bottom wall of channel is heated while the upper wall is symmetry, the left side velocity inlet, and the right side is outlet (pressure out). Four different rib-groove shapes are used. Four different types of nanoparticles, Al2O3, CuO, SiO2, and ZnO with different volumes fractions in the range of 1 % to 4 % and different nanoparticle diameter in the range of 25 nm to 70 nm, are dispersed in the base fluid water are used. In this paper, several parameters such as different Reynolds numbers in the range of 10000 < Re < 40000 are investigated. The numerical results indicate that the trapezoidal with increasing height in the flow direction rib-trapezoidal groove has the best heat transfer and high Nusselt number; the nanofluids with SiO2 have the best behavior. The Nusselt number increases as the volume fraction increases and it decreases as the nanoparticle diameter increases.

Original languageEnglish
Article number012017
JournalIOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
Volume88
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Sep 2015
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Materials Science
  • General Engineering

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