This study considers the forced convection of laminar TiO2-water nanofluid flow in a parallel plate microchannel. The small length scale associated with microchannels dictates the use of slip condition at the fuid-sol...This study considers the forced convection of laminar TiO2-water nanofluid flow in a parallel plate microchannel. The small length scale associated with microchannels dictates the use of slip condition at the fuid-solid interface. The modified Buongiorno model was employed for the nanofiuid to fully account for the effects of non-uniform viscosity and thermal conductivity. The partial differential equa- tions associated with conservation laws were reduced to two-point ordinary boundary value differential equations before being numerically solved. Considering Brownian motion and thermophoresis, the effects of nanoparticle transport on concentration, velocity, and temperature profiles were analyzed for three different values of wall heat flux. To assess the efficiency of adding nanoparticles, the ratios of the pres- sure drop and the heat transfer coefficient of the nanofluid to that of the base fluid were studied in detail. From analyzing different heat flux ratios, one-sided heating was found to be most efficient at enhancing the heat transfer rate in the microchannel. Additionally, in the presence of the slip velocity, the increase in the value of the heat transfer coefficient for the nanofluid was smaller than that for the base fluid.展开更多
文摘This study considers the forced convection of laminar TiO2-water nanofluid flow in a parallel plate microchannel. The small length scale associated with microchannels dictates the use of slip condition at the fuid-solid interface. The modified Buongiorno model was employed for the nanofiuid to fully account for the effects of non-uniform viscosity and thermal conductivity. The partial differential equa- tions associated with conservation laws were reduced to two-point ordinary boundary value differential equations before being numerically solved. Considering Brownian motion and thermophoresis, the effects of nanoparticle transport on concentration, velocity, and temperature profiles were analyzed for three different values of wall heat flux. To assess the efficiency of adding nanoparticles, the ratios of the pres- sure drop and the heat transfer coefficient of the nanofluid to that of the base fluid were studied in detail. From analyzing different heat flux ratios, one-sided heating was found to be most efficient at enhancing the heat transfer rate in the microchannel. Additionally, in the presence of the slip velocity, the increase in the value of the heat transfer coefficient for the nanofluid was smaller than that for the base fluid.
