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Investigation of enhancement of heat transfer in natural convection utilizing of nanofluids

Saleh Etaig, Reaz Hasan, Noel Perera

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    Abstract

    This paper analyses the heat transfer performance and fluid flow using different nanofluids in a square enclosure. The energy equation and Navier-Stokes equation are solved numerically using finite volume scheme. The effect of volume fraction concentration on the enhancement of heat transfer has been studied icorporating the Brownian motion; the influence of effective thermal conductivity on the enhancement was also investigated for a range of volume fraction concentration. The velocity profile for different Rayleigh number. Water-Cu, water AL2O3 and water-TiO2 were tested.
    Original languageEnglish
    Publication statusPublished - 19 Jan 2014
    EventXIII International Conference on Heat Transfer Applications - London
    Duration: 19 Jan 2014 → …
    http://waset.org/conference/2015/01/london/ICHTA/program?forceTentative=1

    Conference

    ConferenceXIII International Conference on Heat Transfer Applications
    Period19/01/14 → …
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    Keywords

    • computational fluid dynamics
    • natural convection
    • nanofluid and thermal conductivity

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