Numerical investigation on the use of nanofluids in natural convection heat exchangers using a mixture-phase approach
✍ Scribed by Amir Asgary Tahery; Aydin Zehforoosh; S. M. Pesteei
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 485 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1099-2871
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
In the present research, the behavior of a Newtonian nanofluid (water–Al~2~O~3~) in a mixture phase model approach is numerically examined. The process of heating is done in two different ways. Deterioration was found in the mean Nusselt number of a nanofluid in the mixture‐phase model approach when compared to the mean Nusselt number of pure water. However, in the single‐phase model there was an increase in the Nusselt number when compared to the Nusselt number of pure water. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heat Trans Asian Res; Published online in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/htj). DOI 10.1002/htj.20383