Abstract
The present project work is to explore the convective heat transfer coefficient characteristics of Ethylene glycol/Silver nano fluids for heat transfer applications. Theoretical investigation on heat transfer characteristics are carried out by varying the mass flow rate, length of the tube and particle volume fraction. Heat transfer coefficient increases when the mass flow rate increases and the length of the tube decreases. The convective heat transfer coefficient of EG/Ag nano fluid is higher than that of the base fluid. It is also seen that the value of enhancement in convective heat transfer coefficient increases with respect to Reynolds number. At 0.1 vol % Ag, the convective heat transfer coefficient is enhanced by 7.5 % and 0.4 vol % Ag, the nanofluid shows an enhancement of 30 % respectively.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 772-777 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| State | Published - 2014 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Convection
- Enhancement
- Heat transfer
- Nanofluids
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
- General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics