Natural Convection of Water-Based CuO Nanofluids in a Cylindrical Enclosure

Buoyancy driven heat transfer of nanofluids in a cylindrical enclosure used as a control unit in the subsea hydrocarbon injection wells is investigated in this study. The governing equations obtained with the Boussinesq approximation are solved using Comsol Multiphysics finite element analysis and simulation software. The base fluid is water and CuO is used as nanoparticles. Solution is obtained for nanoparticle solid volume fraction of 8% and for Rayleigh number in the range of 105-107. The results show that nanoparticle usage in the cylindrical electronic control unit has a significant effect on the flow and heat transfer.

Authors:

• Baha Tulu Tanju
• Kamil Kahveci

Keywords:

• CuO
• enclosure
• nanofluid
• natural convection

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