Heat transfer characteristics of a two-phase closed thermosyphons using nanofluids

The heat transfer characteristics of the heat transfer devices can be done by changing the fluid transport properties and flow features of working fluids. In the present study, therefore, the heat transfer characteristics of two-phase closed thermosyphon (TPCT) with iron oxide-nanofluids are presented. The TPCT is fabricated from the copper tube with the outer diameter and length of 15, 2000 mm, respectively. The TPCT with the de-ionic water and nanofluids (water and nanoparticles) are tested. The iron oxide nanoparticles with mean diameter of 4-5 nm were obtained by the laser pyrolysis technique and the mixtures of water and nanoparticles are prepared using an ultrasonic homogenizer. Effects of TPCT inclination angle, operating temperature and nanoparticles concentration levels on the heat transfer characteristics of TPCT are considered. The nanoparticles have a significant effect on the enhancement of heat transfer characteristics of TPCT. The heat transfer characteristics of TPCT with the nanofluids are compared with that the based fluid.     

Ti3SiC2、不锈钢和NiCr合金在人工海水中的摩擦学性能

在SRV-1型摩擦磨损试验机上考察了Ti3SiC2、NiCr合金和不锈钢在干摩擦、蒸馏水和人工海水中的摩擦磨损性能,并用扫描电镜(SEM-EDS)及光电子能谱(XPS)对磨痕形貌及成分进行分析.结果表明:Ti3SiC2/Al2O3摩擦副的摩擦系数对摩擦条件变化不敏感,在液体介质中磨损稍有降低.3种摩擦条件下存在机械磨损和摩擦氧化磨损竞争,但机械磨损始终为主要磨损机制,因此摩擦和磨损较大.不锈钢/Al2O3和NiCr合金/Al2O3两摩擦副对摩擦条件变化较敏感,摩擦系数和磨损率在于摩擦、蒸馏水和海水中依次降低,其中NiCr合金降低幅度最大.干摩擦条件下两者以机械磨损为主要磨损机制,表现为黏着磨损和材料转移;蒸馏水中机械磨损和摩擦氧化磨损并存;海水中以腐蚀磨损为主导,腐蚀产物FeCl2、CrCl3或CrO22-或CrO2-等具有减摩抗磨作用.     

Evaporation heat transfer coefficient in single circular small tubes for flow natural refrigerants of C3H8, NH3, and CO2

An experimental study of evaporation heat transfer coefficients for single circular small tubes was conducted for the flow of C₃H₈, NH₃, and CO₂ under various flow conditions. The test matrix encompasses the entire quality range from 0.0 to 1.0, mass fluxes from 50 to 600 kg m⁻² s⁻¹, heat fluxes from 5 to 70 kW m⁻², and saturation temperatures from 0 to 10 °C. The test section was made of circular stainless steel tubes with inner diameters of 1.5 mm and 3.0 mm, and a length of 2000 mm in a horizontal orientation. The test section was uniformly heated by applying electric power directly to the tubes. The effects of mass flux, heat flux, saturation temperature, and inner tube diameter on the heat transfer coefficient are reported. Among the working refrigerants considered in this study, CO₂ has the highest heat transfer coefficient. Laminar flow was observed in the evaporative small tubes, and was considered in the modification of boiling heat transfer coefficients and pressure drop correlations.     

Experimental studies on heat transfer and friction factor characteristics of Al2O3/water nanofluid in a circular pipe under laminar flow with wire coil inserts

In this paper, fully developed laminar flow convective heat transfer and friction factor characteristics of Al₂O₃/water nanofluid flowing through a uniformly heated horizontal tube with and without wire coil inserts is presented. For this purpose, Al₂O₃ nanoparticles of 43 nm size were synthesized, characterized and dispersed in distilled water to form stable suspension containing 0.1% volume concentration of nanoparticles. The Nusselt number in the fully developed region were measured and found to increase by 12.24% at Re = 2275 for plain tube with nanofluid compared to distilled water. Two wire coil inserts made of stainless steel with pitch ratios 2 and 3 were used which increased the Nusselt numbers by 15.91% and 21.53% respectively at Re = 2275 with nanofluid compared to distilled water. The better heat transfer performance of nanofluid with wire coil insert is attributed to the effects of dispersion or back-mixing which flattens the temperature distribution and make the temperature gradient between the fluid and wall steeper. The measured pressure loss with the use of nanofluids is almost equal to that of the distilled water. The empirical correlations developed for Nusselt number and friction factor in terms of Reynolds/Peclet number, pitch ratio and volume concentration fits with the experimental data within ±15%.     

Fe-Si-Cr-Al四元系Fe_3Si基合金在水润滑条件下的摩擦学性能

利用Optimal SRV摩擦磨损试验机考察了Fe65Si25Cr5Al5、Fe70Si20Cr5Al5、Fe75Si15Cr5Al5和Fe80Si10Cr5Al5等几种Fe-Si-Cr-Al四元系Fe3Si与Si3N4配副时在水润滑条件下摩擦学性能.结果表明:Fe65Si25Cr5Al5和Fe70Si20Cr5Al5的磨损率低于纯Fe3Si和AISI 304不锈钢,同样,与这两种材料配副的Si3N4对偶材料磨损率也相对较低;Fe75Si15Cr5Al5和Fe80Si10Cr5Al5的磨损率则高于Fe3Si和AISI 304不锈钢.Fe70Si20Cr5Al5中Cr元素的化学活性高于其中Al元素的化学活性,材料表面富集的Cr2O3有效阻碍了Si3N4与水的摩擦化学反应,从而使Fe70Si20Cr5Al5在水环境中的摩擦学性能Fe3Si显著提高,在载荷分别为30、50、70和90 N条件下,Fe70Si20Cr5Al5比Fe3Si的磨损率分别降低了15.5%、20.2%、31.8%和38.2%;对偶材料Si3N4的磨损率则分别降低了67.9%、36.9%、46.6%和50.6%.     

Particle size effect on heat transfer performance in an oscillating heat pipe

The effect of Al₂O₃ particles on the heat transfer performance of an oscillating heat pipe (OHP) was investigated experimentally. Water was used as the base fluid for the OHP. Four size particles with average diameters of 50 nm, 80 nm, 2.2 μm, and 20 μm were studied, respectively. Experimental results show that the Al₂O₃ particles added in the OHP significantly affect the heat transfer performance and it depends on the particle size. When the OHP was charged with water and 80 nm Al₂O₃ particles, the OHP can achieve the best heat transfer performance among four particles investigated herein. In addition, it is found that all particles added in the OHP can improve the startup performance of the OHP even with 20 μm Al₂O₃ particles.     

含Fe2O3摩擦层的促进形成对H13和45钢磨损性能的影响

Fe_2O_3是钢材高温或高速干滑动表面摩擦氧化物层的重要构成.本文作者通过在H13钢、45钢/GCr15钢的滑动界面添加Fe_2O_3纳米颗粒,试图促进保护性摩擦氧化物层的快速形成,避免了高温恶化材料的机械性能.研究了Fe_2O_3对H13钢和45钢磨损性能的影响,分析了摩擦氧化物层的形成机理,并探讨了基体硬度对摩擦氧化物层的作用.研究结果表明:无添加时,低硬度45钢的耐磨性明显差于高硬度的H13钢;GCr15钢在与45钢对摩时,磨损率也明显大于与H13钢对摩时.添加Fe_2O_3后,纳米颗粒在H13和GCr15钢表面迅速相互黏着并形成保护性的摩擦氧化物层,导致磨损率急剧下降,且随载荷增加仅轻微波动.而较软45钢基体对摩擦氧化物层的支撑能力较弱,摩擦氧化物层破碎,高载下磨损率明显大于低载下.     

Two phase mixed convection Al2O3–water nanofluid flow in an annulus

Heat transfer enhancement of a mixed convection laminar Al₂O₃–water nanofluid flow in an annulus with constant heat flux boundary condition has been studied employing two phase mixture model and effective expressions of nanofluid properties. The fluid flow properties are assumed constant except for the density in the body force, which varies linearly with the temperature (Boussinesq’s hypothesis), thus the fluid flow characteristics are affected by the buoyancy force. The Brownian motions of nanoparticles have been considered to determine the effective thermal conductivity and the effective dynamic viscosity of Al₂O₃–water nanofluid, which depend on temperature. Three-dimensional Navier–Stokes, energy and volume fraction equations have been discretized using the finite volume method while the SIMPELC algorithm has been introduced to couple the velocity–pressure. Numerical simulations have been presented for the nanoparticles volume fraction (?) between 0 and 0.05 and different values of the Grashof and Reynolds numbers. The calculated results show that at a given Re and Gr, increasing nanoparticles volume fraction increases the Nusselt number at the inner and outer walls while it does not have any significant effect on the friction factor. Both the Nusselt number and the friction coefficient at the inner wall are more than their corresponding values at the outer wall.     

Effects of variable viscosity and thermal conductivity of Al2O3–water nanofluid on heat transfer enhancement in natural convection

Heat transfer enhancement in horizontal annuli using variable properties of Al₂O₃–water nanofluid is investigated. Different viscosity and thermal conductivity models are used to evaluate heat transfer enhancement in the annulus. The base case uses the Chon et al. expression for conductivity and the Nguyen et al. experimental data for viscosity which take into account the dependence of these properties on temperature and nanoparticle volume fraction. It was observed that for Ra  10⁴, the average Nusselt number was reduced by increasing the volume fraction of nanoparticles. However, for Ra = 10³, the average Nusselt number increased by increasing the volume fraction of nanoparticles. For Ra  10⁴, the Nusselt number was deteriorated every where around the cylinder surface especially at high expansion ratio. However, this reduction is only restricted to certain regions around the cylinder surface at Ra = 10³. For Ra  10⁴, the difference in Nusselt number between the Maxwell Garnett and Chon et al. model prediction is small. But, there was a deviation in prediction at Ra = 10³ and this deviation becomes more significant at high volume fraction of nanoparticles. The Nguyen et al. data and Brinkman model gives completely different predictions for Ra  10⁴ where the difference in prediction of Nusselt number reached 30%. However, this difference was less than 10% at Ra = 10³.     

Pool boiling heat transfer performance of Newtonian nanofluids

Experimental measurements were carried out on the boiling heat transfer characteristics of γ-Al₂O₃/water and SnO₂/water Newtonian nanofluids. Nanofluids are liquid suspensions containing nanoparticles with sizes smaller than 100 nm. In this research, suspensions with different concentrations of γ-Al₂O₃ and SnO₂ nanoparticles in water were studied under nucleate pool boiling heat transfer conditions. Results show that nanofluids possess noticeably higher boiling heat transfer coefficients than the base fluid. The boiling heat transfer coefficients depend on the type and concentration of nanoparticles.     

Magneto-electro-elastic antiplane analysis of a bimaterial BaTiO3–CoFe2O4 composite wedge with an interface crack

The antiplane analysis is made for a bimaterial BaTiO₃–CoFe₂O₄ composite wedge containing an interface crack. The coupled magneto-electro-elastic field is induced by the piezoelectric/piezomagnetic BaTiO₃–CoFe₂O₄ composite materials. For the crack problems, the intensity factors of stress, strain, electric displacement, electric field, magnetic induction and magnetic field at crack tips are derived analytically. Also, the energy density criterion is applied to predict the fracture behavior of the interface crack. The numerical results also show that the energy release rate for a crack in a single wedge is negative.     

Experimental investigations and theoretical determination of thermal conductivity and viscosity of Al2O3/water nanofluid

Experimental investigations and theoretical determination of effective thermal conductivity and viscosity of Al₂O₃/H₂O nanofluid are reported in this paper. The nanofluid was prepared by synthesizing Al₂O₃ nanoparticles using microwave assisted chemical precipitation method, and then dispersing them in distilled water using a sonicator. Al₂O₃/water nanofluid with a nominal diameter of 43 nm at different volume concentrations (0.33–5%) at room temperature were used for the investigation. The thermal conductivity and viscosity of nanofluids are measured and it is found that the viscosity increase is substantially higher than the increase in thermal conductivity. Both the thermal conductivity and viscosity of nanofluids increase with the nanoparticle volume concentration. Theoretical models are developed to predict thermal conductivity and viscosity of nanofluids without resorting to the well established Maxwell and Einstein models, respectively. The proposed models show reasonably good agreement with our experimental results.     

The effect of real viscosity on the heat transfer of water based Al2O3 nanofluids in a two-sided lid-driven differentially heated rectangular cavity

The heat transfer and fluid flow behavior of water based Al₂O₃ nanofluids are numerically investigated inside a two-sided lid-driven differentially heated rectangular cavity. Physical properties which have major effects on the heat transfer of nanofluids such as viscosity and thermal conductivity are experimentally investigated and correlated and subsequently used as input data in the numerical simulation. Transport equations are numerically solved with finite volume approach using SIMPLEC algorithm. It was found that not only the thermal conductivity but also the viscosity of nanofluids has a key role in the heat transfer of nanofluids. The results show that at low Reynolds number, increasing the volume fraction of nanoparticles increases the viscosity and has a deteriorating effect on the heat transfer of nanofluids. At high Reynolds number, the increase in the viscosity is compensated by force convection and the increase in the volume fraction of nanoparticles which results in an increase in heat transfer is in coincidence with experimental results.     

Effects of nanoparticles mean diameter on the particle migration and thermo-hydraulic behavior of laminar mixed convection of a nanofluid in an inclined tube

Laminar mixed convection of a nanofluid consisting of Al₂O₃ and water through an inclined tube has been investigated numerically. As mathematical model two-phase mixture model has been adopted, thus three dimensional elliptical governing equations have been solved to understand the flow behavior at different Re–Gr combinations. Control volume technique is used for discretization of the governing equations. For the convective and diffusive terms the second order upwind method was used while the SIMPLEC procedure was adopted for the velocity–pressure coupling. For different nanoparticle mean diameters and tube inclinations thermo-fluid parameters such as secondary flow, axial velocity profiles, nanoparticles distribution at the tube cross section, axial evolution of peripheral average convective heat transfer coefficient and pressure drop along the tube, have been presented and discussed. Maximum enhancement on the heat transfer coefficient is seen at tube inclination of 45°.     

Mixed convection flow in a lid-driven inclined square enclosure filled with a nanofluid

This work is focused on the numerical modeling of steady laminar mixed convection flow in a lid-driven inclined square enclosure filled with water–Al₂O₃ nanofluid. The left and right walls of the enclosure are kept insulated while the bottom and top walls are maintained at constant temperatures with the top surface being the hot wall and moving at a constant speed. The developed equations are given in terms of the stream function–vorticity formulation and are non-dimensionalized and then solved numerically subject to appropriate boundary conditions by a second-order accurate finite-volume method. Comparisons with previously published work are performed and found to be in good agreement. A parametric study is conducted and a set of graphical results is presented and discussed to illustrate the effects of the presence of nanoparticles and enclosure inclination angle on the flow and heat transfer characteristics. It is found that significant heat transfer enhancement can be obtained due to the presence of nanoparticles and that this is accentuated by inclination of the enclosure at moderate and large Richardson numbers.     

不同配副下ZrB2-SiC复相陶瓷的摩擦学性能

以微米级ZrB_2和SiC粉末为原料,采用热压烧结制备ZrB_2-SiC复相陶瓷,考察了SiC含量,摩擦对偶,速度和载荷对ZrB_2-SiC复相陶瓷摩擦磨损特性的影响.结果表明:ZrB_2-SiC复相陶瓷的摩擦系数和磨损率对SiC含量和摩擦对偶的变化较为敏感,速度和载荷变化,摩擦系数和磨损率的波动较大;以WC为对偶,速度0.1 m/s,载荷5 N时的ZrB_2-SiC复相陶瓷的平均摩擦系数和磨损率分别仅为0.4和2.41×10–4 mm3/(N·m).ZrB_2-SiC复相陶瓷的磨损机制以机械磨损为主,伴有轻微摩擦氧化,摩擦层的形成有利于摩擦系数的减小.     

Laminar convective heat transfer of non-Newtonian nanofluids with constant wall temperature

Nanofluids are obtained by dispersing homogeneously nanoparticles into a base fluid. Nanofluids often exhibit higher heat transfer rate in comparison with the base fluid. In the present study, forced convection heat transfer under laminar flow conditions was investigated experimentally for three types of non-Newtonian nanofluids in a circular tube with constant wall temperature. CMC solution was used as the base fluid and γ-Al₂O₃, TiO₂ and CuO nanoparticles were homogeneously dispersed to create nanodispersions of different concentrations. Nanofluids as well as the base fluid show shear thinning (pseudoplastic) rheological behavior. Results show that the presence of nanoparticles increases the convective heat transfer of the nanodispersions in comparison with the base fluid. The convective heat transfer enhancement is more significant when both the Peclet number and the nanoparticle concentration are increased. The increase in convective heat transfer is higher than the increase caused by the augmentation of the effective thermal conductivity.     

Investigating the diameter of solid particles effects on a laminar nanofluid flow in a curved tube using a two phase approach

In this paper, we report the results of our numerical studies on laminar mixed convection heat transfer in a circular Curved tube with a nanofluid consisting of water and 1 vol.% Al₂O₃. Three dimensional elliptic governing equations have been used. Two phase mixture model and control volume technique have been implemented to study flow field. Effects of the diameter of particles on the hydrodynamic and thermal parameters are investigated and discussed. Increasing the solid particles diameter decreases the Nusselt number and secondary flow, while the axial velocity augments. When the particles are in order of nano meter, increasing the diameter of particles, do not change the flow behaviors. The distribution of solid nanoparticles is uniform and constant in curved tube.     

Turbulent forced convection of nanofluid in a wavy channel using two phase model

Two phase mixture model is used to numerically simulate the turbulent forced convection of Al₂O₃-Water nanofluid in a channel with corrugated wall under constant heat flux. Both mixture and single phase models are implemented to study the nanofluid flow in such a geometry and the results have been compared. The effects of the volume fraction of nanoparticles, Reynolds number and amplitude of the wavy wall on the rate of heat transfer are investigated. The results showed that with increasing the volume fraction of nanoparticles, Reynolds number and amplitude of wall waves, the rate of heat transfer increases. Also the results showed that the mixture model yields to higher Nusselt numbers than the single phase model in a similar case.