The CFD simulation of heat transfer characteristics of a nanofluid ina circular tube under convective heat transferwas considered using the fluentsoftware (version 6.3.26) in the laminar flow. Al2O3nano- particles in water with concentrations of 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2 and 2.5% were studied in the simulation. All thermo-physical properties of nanofluids were temperature independent. It was concluded that heat transfer coefficient increased with the Peclet number. Furthermore, it increased by increasing the concentration of nano-particles in nanofluid. The simulated data were in good agreement with the literature (with the discrepancy of less than 10%).
Zakeri, M., Barati, S., & Davarnejad, R. (2013). Simulation of Convective Heat Transfer of a Nanofluid in a Circular Cross-section. International Journal of Engineering, 26(6), 571-576.
MLA
Melica Zakeri; Sara Barati; reza Davarnejad. "Simulation of Convective Heat Transfer of a Nanofluid in a Circular Cross-section". International Journal of Engineering, 26, 6, 2013, 571-576.
HARVARD
Zakeri, M., Barati, S., Davarnejad, R. (2013). 'Simulation of Convective Heat Transfer of a Nanofluid in a Circular Cross-section', International Journal of Engineering, 26(6), pp. 571-576.
VANCOUVER
Zakeri, M., Barati, S., Davarnejad, R. Simulation of Convective Heat Transfer of a Nanofluid in a Circular Cross-section. International Journal of Engineering, 2013; 26(6): 571-576.
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