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The effect of geometrical parameters on enhancing the heat transfer inside a microtube

  • B. H. Salman*
  • , H. A. Mohammed
  • , A. Sh Kherbee
  • , Hamdi E. Ahmed
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In this paper, the effect of geometrical parameters of microtube on enhancing the heat transfer has been studied numerically. Single phase model was used to simulate the flow of sio2-ethlyen glycol nanofluids inside a microtube at different reynolds numbers ranged from 10 to 160 at constant heat flux boundary condition. The results show that the higher tube diameter and entrance size has the highest Nusselt number and lower pressure drop. Furthermore, no effect of inclination angles was found.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)79-84
Number of pages6
JournalInternational Journal of Heat and Technology
Volume33
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Heat transfer enhancement
  • Microtube
  • Nanofluids
  • Numerical modelling

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

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