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An experimental study on heat transfer and fluid flow of rough plate heat exchanger using Al2O3/water nanofluid.
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Experimental Heat Transfer . 2020, Vol. 33 Issue 3, p261-281. 21p. 3 Diagrams, 6 Charts, 8 Graphs. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- In the present study, an experimental investigation of performance evaluation of plate heat exchanger (PHE) with the rough surface using AL2O3/water nanofluid was achieved. The experiments were developed for different surface roughnesses of 0.978 µm (smooth surface), 1.276 µm, 2.825 µm and 3.657 µm with different volume fractions of nanoparticles of 1.2 vol.%, 1.9 vol.% and 2.6 vol.% at Reynolds number of 500 ≤ Re ≤5000. The Nusselt number (Nu), the friction factor (f) and the heat transfer enhancement factor (HTEF) were estimated. The results show that increasing the volume fraction of nanoparticles and surface roughness enhances the heat transfer rate as well as increases the pressure drop in PHE. Hence, the influence of surface roughness is more considerable than that of volume fraction of nanoparticles on PHE performance. Furthermore, for smooth surface, the HTEF is improved by 2%, 3.7% and 5.4% for volume fraction of nanoparticles of 1.2 vol.%, 1.9 vol.% and 2.6 vol.%, respectively; while these values for the highest value of surface roughness, i.e., 3.657 µm, are 9.4%, 11.8% and 13.7%. Based on the experimental results, a new empirical correlation to predict Nu for base fluid is obtained with a maximum deviation of 2.87%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 08916152
- Volume :
- 33
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Experimental Heat Transfer
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 141913927
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/08916152.2019.1625469