Numerical Simulation of the Effects of Nanofluid on a Heat Pipe Thermal Performance
This research aims at modeling and simulating the effects of nanofluids on cylindrical heat pipes thermal performance using the ANSYS-FLUENT CFD commercial software. The heat pipe outer wall temperature distribution, thermal resistance, liquid pressure and axial velocity in presence of suspended nano-scaled solid particle (i.e. Cu, Al2O3 and TiO2) within the fluid (water) were investigated. The effect of particle concentration and size were explored and it is concluded that the thermal performance of the heat pipe is improved when using nanofluid as the system working fluid. Additionally, it was observed that the thermal resistance of the heat pipe drops as the particle concentration level increases and particle radius decreases.
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[1] Amir Faghri, Heat pipe science and technology, Taylor & Francis
publishing, Oxon, 1995.
[2] ] R. R. Williams. D. K. Harris, The heat transfer limit of step-graded
metal felt heat pipe wicks. International Journal of Heat and mass
transfer 48 (2005) 293-305.
[3] Y. Xuan, Q. Li, Heat transfer enhancement of nanofluids, Intenational
Journal of Heat and Fluid Transfer 21 (2000) 58-64.
[4] S.-W. Kang, W.-C. Wei, S.-H. Tsai, S.-Y. Yang, Experimental
Investigation of Silver nanofluid on Heat Pipe Thermal Performance,
Applied Thermal Engineering 26 (2006) 2377-2382.
[5] S.-W. Kang, W.-C. Wei, S.-H. Tsai, S.-Y. Yang, Experimental
Investigation of nanofluids on Sintered Heat Pipe Thermal Performance,
Applied Thermal Engineering 29 (2009) 937-979.
[6] G.-S. Wang, B. Song, Z.-H. Liu, Operation Characteristics of
Cylindrical Miniature Grooved heat Pipe Using Aqueous CuO
nanofluids. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science 34 (2010) 1415-
1421.
[7] M. Shafahi, B. Vincenzo, K. Vafai, O. Manca, An Investigation of
Thermal Performance of Cylindrical Heat Pipes Using nanofluids.
International Journal of Heat and Mass transfer 53 (2010) 376-383.
[8] S.K. Das, S.U.S. Choi, W. Yu, T. Pradeep, Nanofluids science and
Technology, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, 2008.
[9] W. Yu, S.U.S Choi, The role of interfacial layers in the enhanced
thermal conductivity of nanofluids: a renovative Maxwell model, J,
Nanoparticle Res. 5 (2003) 167-171.
[10] Z. Liu, Q. Zhu, Application of Aqueous Nano Fluids in a Horizontal
Mesh Heat Pipe. Energy Conservasion and Management 52 (2011) 292-
300.
[11] S. Mahjoub, A. Mahtabroshan, Numerical Simulation of A Conventional
Heat Pipe. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology 39
(2008) 117-122.
[12] N. Zhu, K. Vafai, Analysis of cylindrical heat pipes incorporating the
effects of liquid-vapor coupling and non-darcian transport- a closed form
solution. In. J. of Heat and Mass Transfer 42 (1999) 3405-3418.
[13] A. Nouri-Boroujerdi, M. Layeghi, Numerical analysis of vapour flow in
concenteric annular heat pipes. Transaction of ASME: Journal of Heat
Transfer 162 (2004) 442-448.
[14] H.C. Brinkman, The viscosity of concentrated suspensions and solution,
J. Chem. Phys. 20 (1952) 571-581.
[15] M. Keshavarz-Moraveji, M. Darabi, S. M. Haddad, R. Davarnejad,
Modeling of Convection Heat transfer of a nanofluid in the Developing
Region of tube flow with computational fluid dynamics. International
Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer 42 (2011) 73-78.
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