纳米流体对流换热的实验研究

建立了测量纳米流体对流换热系数的实验系统,测量了不同粒子体积份额的水-Cu纳米流体在层流与湍流状态下的管内对流换热系数,实验结果表明,在液体中添加纳米粒子增大了液体的管内对流换热系数,粒子的体积份额是影响纳米流体对流换热系数的因素之一。综合考虑影响纳米流体对流换热的多种因素,提出了计算纳米流体对流换热系数的关联式。     

ZrO2纳米流体的对流换热系数测定及机理浅析

建立了测量圆管内纳米流体流动与传热性能的实验系统,测量了不同粒子浓度的ZrO2/水纳米流体在雷诺数为3 000～18 000范围内的管内对流换热系数以及不同位置处纳米流体对流换热系数的变化情况.实验结果显示,在液体中添加纳米粒子显著增大了液体的管内对流换热系数,例如,在相同雷诺数时,与纯水相比,如果纳米粒子的质量浓度从1.6%增大到4.1%,则纳米流体的对流换热系数增加的比例从1.09增大到1.2.此外,从颗粒的浓度、粒径两方面分析纳米流体强化传热的机理.     

微细管碳纳米管悬浮液强制对流换热实验研究

测量了水平微细圆管内蒸馏水和不同质量浓度的水基多壁碳纳米管纳米流体在低雷诺数下的强制对流换热特性。实验结果表明,与蒸馏水相比,纳米流体的对流换热系数显著提高,且随质量浓度和管内雷诺数的增大而增大;并且研究了流体管内流动阻力特性,得到的泊肃叶数f·Re值随着雷诺数的变化不明显,但纳米流体的f·Re值要明显小于纯水。     

变物性参数对微通道内纳米流体强制对流换热的影响

对二维微通道内Al_2O_3-水纳米流体的强制对流换热进行了数值研究。主要研究纳米流体的变热物性参数、纳米粒子体积分数φ和Re数对纳米流体强制对流换热的影响。研究表明:在Re数和纳米颗粒体积分数φ一定时,变热物性参数纳米流体比定热物性参数纳米流体在微通道内的强制对流换热强。在Re数一定时,随着纳米粒子体积分数φ的增加,纳米流体换热性能增强。在纳米粒子体积分数φ一定时,随着Re数的增加,纳米流体的换热能力也随之增加。     

纳米流体传质扩散系数的测定

本文建立光学实验测试系统,测量了不同温度条件下罗丹明B在不同粒子体积份额的纳米流体(Cu-乙二醇和Cu-水)中的质扩散系数。实验结果表明;罗丹明B在纳米流体中的扩散系数大于其在基液中的扩散系数,且扩散系数随着粒子体积份额的增大而增大;当粒子体积份额一定时,扩散系数随着温度的升高而增大。     

利用格子Boltzmann方法模拟矩形腔内纳米流体Raleigh-Benard对流

利用格 子 Boltzmann方法模拟矩形腔内纳米流体Rayleigh-Benard对流, 得到温度场和流线分布, 比较分析不同Ra数、体积分数、粒径下纳米流体对流换热的变化情况. 结果表明: 在相同的Ra 数和体积分数下, 纳米流体的对流换热随着粒径的增大而减弱; 在相同的Ra数和粒径下, 纳米流体的对流换热随着体积分数增大而增强. 关键词： 纳米流体 Raleigh-Benard 多相流 格子Boltzmann方法     

纳米流体对流换热系数增大机理

纳米流体流动换热能力优于传统流体介质.研究了纳米流体热物性的提升和热散射对其对流换热系数的影响.结果表明,纳米颗粒的加入,优化了介质的热物性,增大了导热系数,强化了纳米流体内颗粒、流体以及流道管壁碰撞和相互作用,同时加强了流体的混合脉动和湍流,从而增大了对流换热系数. 关键词： 纳米流体 换热系数 热散射     

不同纳米流体在微通道内的流动传热特性研究

采用数值模拟的方法研究了不同工质在微通道内流动传热特性的差异。对比了去离子水、纳米流体Al₂O₃/Water、CuO/Water、TiO₂/Water、Cu/Water等工质在微通道内的流动传热特性,并研究了纳米颗粒的浓度对流动换热特性的影响。结果表明：CuO/Water作为冷却工质时的对流换热系数比水增加了9.6%,微通道底面平均温度降低了2.6 K,换热性能明显优于其他几种纳米流体。由于纳米颗粒的加入,纳米流体的粘度比水大,进出口的压降比水大。纳米颗粒的体积分数越大,对流换热系数越大,纳米流体在微通道内的换热性能越好。     

黏弹性流体基铜纳米流体流动与传热实验研究

成功建立了流体流动阻力和换热性能测试实验台,在45℃的流体温度下,对不同铜粒子体积分数和基液浓度的纳米流体在湍流状态下的对流换热特性和流动阻力进行了实验测量。实验结果表明:黏弹性流体基液中添加纳米粒子后,在降低对应基液减阻率的同时能明显增强传热性能.例如,将1.0%体积分数的铜纳米粒子添加到质量分数为6×10~(-4)的基液中所形成的黏弹性流体基纳米流体其综合性能指数K=0.47,表现了很好的传热强化和减阻性能.     

小通道平行流扁管内纳米流体的流动换热特性研究

本文对TiO_2-水,Cu水和SiO_2-水3种纳米流体在一种多孔小通道平行流扁管中的单相流动换热特性进行了实验研究。该扁管矩形通道水力直径1.67 mm,整个实验过程Re变化范围97~6200。实验结果表明:纳米流体起到强化换热效果的同时,也伴随着阻力的增加。此外,纳米流体相对于基液,出现了转捩提前现象。Nu随体积浓度的增加,先增加后减小,使得每种纳米流体都存在一个最优浓度。0.01%的TiO_2-水纳米流体在Re=6200时,Nu增长最大,达到43%。最后,利用性能评价标准对纳米流体的适用性进行了综合评定,0.01%的TiO_2-水纳米流体具有最佳性能。     

Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Characteristics of Graphene Oxide/Water Nanofluid in a Circular Tube Fitted with Wire Coil Insert

In this work, heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of graphene oxide/water nanofluid flow through a circular tube having a wire coil insert were studied. The required graphene oxide was synthesized via the Hummer method and characterized using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (SRD), and scanning electron microscope (SEM) methods. Dispersing graphene oxide in the water, nanofluids with 0.02, 0.07, and 0.12% volume fraction were prepared. An experimental set-up was designed and made to investigate the heat transfer performance and pressure loss of nanofluids. All experiments were carried out in the constant heat flux at tube wall conditions. The volumetric flow rates of the nanofluid were adjusted at 6, 8, and 10 L/min. Thermal conductivity, specific heat, density, and viscosity as thermophysical properties of the nanofluid were calculated using graphene oxide and water properties at the average temperature via appropriate relations. These properties were applied to calculate the convective heat transfer coefficient, Nusselt number, and friction factors for each experiment. Finally, the constant and exponents of Duangthongsuk and Wongwises's correlations for Nusselt number and friction factor were corrected by experimental results. The achieved experimental data have shown good agreement with those predicted. The results have shown that 0.12 vol% of graphene oxide in the water can enhance convective heat transfer coefficient by about 77%. As a result, it can be concluded that the graphene oxide/water can be used in the heat transfer devices to achieve more efficiency.     

Experimental Study of Laminar Convective Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop of Cuprous Oxide/Water Nanofluid Inside a Circular Tube

Laminar convective heat transfer enhancement of cuprous oxide (Cu₂O)/water nanofluid flowing through a circular tube was investigated experimentally in the present work. A continuous closed loop was designed to measure heat transfer coefficients and pressure drop associated with the flow of Cu₂O/water nanofluid over a wide range of laminar flow conditions. Comparison of the nanofluid experimental results with those of pure water have shown significant enhancement for heat transfer coefficients. On average, a 10% increase in heat transfer coefficient was observed with 16% penalty in pressure drop.     

Heat Transfer Performance Of Viscoelastic-Fluid-Based Nanofluid Pipe Flow At Entrance Region

Heat transfer performances of viscoelastic fluid, water-based Cu nanofluid, and viscoelastic-fluid-based Cu nanofluid flows in a circular pipe at a Peclet number of 40,000 were experimentally studied. It indicates that the viscoelastic fluid turbulent flow gives great heat transfer reduction, while the water-based Cu nanofluid flow shows significant heat transfer enhancement. The viscoelastic-fluid-based Cu nanofluid also exhibits heat transfer enhancement as compared with viscoelastic base fluid flow. The effects of nanoparticle volume fraction, mass concentration of viscoelastic base fluid, and temperature on local convective heat transfer coefficient and possible heat transfer enhancement mechanisms of nanofluid flows were discussed.     

Transient electrohydrodynamic convective flow and heat transfer of MWCNT - Dielectric nanofluid in a heated enclosure

A computational research was performed to analyze the electrohydrodynamic (EHD) convective heat transfer in a differentially heated dielectric-MWCNT nanofluid layer. The study was conducted on a square enclosure subjected to a temperature gradient between these two vertical walls as well as a potential difference between these horizontal walls. The enclosure was filled with MWCNT oil-based nanofluid; the MWCNT nanoparticles were dispersed in a perfectly insulating thermal oil with a volume fraction of hardly exceeded 0.4%. The governing equations were derived with the assumption of homogeneous nanofluid and were solved with employing finite volume method. Based on the obtained results, it was found that the increase of Rayleigh number, electric Rayleigh number and nanoparticle concentration enhanced the heat transfer. For high thermal and electric Rayleigh number values, the flow and heat transfer became time dependent and accordingly a frequency study was also performed. It was found that the inclusion of an electric field with the addition of nanoparticles led to a significant heat transfer enhancement of about 43%.     

Convective Heat Transfer of a Cu/Water Nanofluid Flowing Through a Circular Tube

Abstract

Fluids in which nanometer-sized solid particles are suspended are called nanofluids. These fluids can be employed to increase the heat transfer rate in various applications. In this study, the convective heat transfer for Cu/water nanofluid through a circular tube was experimentally investigated. The flow was laminar, and constant wall temperature was used as thermal boundary condition. The Nusselt number of nanofluids for different nanoparticle concentrations, as well as various Peclet numbers, was obtained. Also, the rheological properties of the nanofluid for different volume fractions of nanoparticles were measured and compared with theoretical models. The results show that the heat transfer coefficient is enhanced by increasing the nanoparticle concentrations as well as the Peclet number.     

Intriguingly high convective heat transfer enhancement of nanofluid coolants in laminar flows

We reported on investigation of the convective heat transfer enhancement of nanofluids as coolants in laminar flows inside a circular copper tube with constant wall temperature. Nanofluids containing Al₂O₃, ZnO, TiO₂, and MgO nanoparticles were prepared with a mixture of 55 vol.% distilled water and 45 vol.% ethylene glycol as base fluid. It was found that the heat transfer behaviors of the nanofluids were highly depended on the volume fraction, average size, species of the suspended nanoparticles and the flow conditions. MgO, Al₂O₃, and ZnO nanofluids exhibited superior enhancements of heat transfer coefficient, with the highest enhancement up to 252% at a Reynolds number of 1000 for MgO nanofluid. Our results demonstrated that these oxide nanofluids might be promising alternatives for conventional coolants.     

基于Lattice-Boltzmann方法的纳米流体流动与传热分析

纳米流体是由流体与纳米粒子组成的悬浮体。由于悬浮的纳米粒子会受到各种内力或外力的影响,这使得其运动规律和换热规律及其复杂。本文运用Lattice-Boltzmann(LB)方法建立纳米流体的传热模型,并对纳米流体和水的流动换热参数进行比较分析。