Numerical Analysis of Convective Heat Transfer in Nanofluid

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2008

Authors

Rouboa, A (Author) Other; Silva, A (Author) Other; Freire, AJ (Author) Other; Borges, A (Author) Other; Ribeiro, J (Author) Other; Silva, P (Author) Other; J L Alexandre (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: NUMERICAL ANALYSIS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS

Pages: 819-822

International Conference on Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics

Psalidi, GREECE, SEP 16-20, 2008

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Authenticus ID: P-004-49K

DOI: 10.1063/1.2991057

Abstract (EN): The main objective of this study is to analyze the heat convection through nanofluids, Al2O3 nanoparticle-water mixture (7% of particle volume concentration), flowing inside an open system. This study was performed numerically in two dimensional geometry (box) combining fluid flow and heat transfer. The commercial code Ansys (R) was used to compute the fluid flow and heat transfer between entrance on the lop, left of the box and the exit on the bottom right. The finite volume method was used to discretize the whole domain in quadratic elements and to linearise the turbulence model. This model was governed by a Re-Normalized Group Turbulence Model (RNG) turbulence differential equations system coupled with the heat convection. Velocity and temperature in the exit were calculated as function of initial conditions (velocity and temperature) in the entrance of the box (top left). Velocity about 10 m/s and temperatures between 100 K and 300 K were imposed in the entrance. Results showed that the heat transfer in nanofluid, is higher under low temperatures.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 4