This paper is concerned with the forced convective heat transfer of dilute liquid suspensions of nanoparticles （nanofluids） flowing through a straight pipe under laminar conditions. Stable nanofluids are formulated ...This paper is concerned with the forced convective heat transfer of dilute liquid suspensions of nanoparticles （nanofluids） flowing through a straight pipe under laminar conditions. Stable nanofluids are formulated by using the high shear mixing and ultrasonication methods. They are then characterised for their size, surface charge,thermal and rheological properties and tested for their convective heat transfer behaviour. Mathematical modelling is performed to simulate the convective heat transfer of nanofluids using a single phase flow model and considering nanofluids as both Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid. Both experiments and mathematical modelling show that nanofluids can substantially enhance the convective heat transfer. Analyses of the results suggest that the non-Newtonian character of nanofluids influences the overall enhancement, especially for nanofluids with an obvious non-Newtonian character.展开更多
基金supported by Chinese Heilongjiang Postdoctoral FoundationChinese Heilongjiang Postdoctoral Science Funding No.LBH-Q07036+1 种基金the Science Creative Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars in Harbin (Grant No. 2008RFLG005)Project Supported by Natural Scientific Research Innovation Foundation in Harbin Institute of Technology No.HIT.NSRIF. 2008.43.
文摘This paper is concerned with the forced convective heat transfer of dilute liquid suspensions of nanoparticles （nanofluids） flowing through a straight pipe under laminar conditions. Stable nanofluids are formulated by using the high shear mixing and ultrasonication methods. They are then characterised for their size, surface charge,thermal and rheological properties and tested for their convective heat transfer behaviour. Mathematical modelling is performed to simulate the convective heat transfer of nanofluids using a single phase flow model and considering nanofluids as both Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid. Both experiments and mathematical modelling show that nanofluids can substantially enhance the convective heat transfer. Analyses of the results suggest that the non-Newtonian character of nanofluids influences the overall enhancement, especially for nanofluids with an obvious non-Newtonian character.
