An empirical investigation on thermal characteristics and pressure drop of Ag-oil nanofluid in concentric annular tube

AuthorsA.A. Abbasian Arani, H. Aberoumand, S. Aberoumand, A. Jafari Moghaddam, M. Dastanian
JournalHEAT MASS TRANSFER
Presented byUniversity of Kashan
Page number1693–1706
Volume number52
Paper TypeFull Paper
Published At2016
Journal GradeISI
Journal TypeTypographic
Journal CountryIran, Islamic Republic Of

Abstract

In this work an experimental study on Silver-oil nanofluid was carried out in order to present the laminar convective heat transfer coefficient and fiction factor in a concentric annulus with constant heat flux boundary condition. Silver-oil nanofluid prepared by Electrical Explosion of Wire technique with no nanoparticles agglomeration during nanofluid preparation process and experiments. The average sizes of particles were 20 nm. Nanofluids with various particle Volume fractions of 0.011%Vol., 0.044%Vol. and 0.171%Vol. were employed. The nanofluid flowing between the tubes is heated by an electrical heating coil wrapped around it. The effects of different parameters such as flow Reynolds number, tube diameter ratio and nanofluid particle concentration on heat transfer coefficient are studied. Results show that, heat transfer coefficient increased by using naanofluid instead of pure oil. Maximum enhancement of heat transfer coefficient occurs in 0.171%Vol In addition the results showed that, there are slight increases in pressure drop of nanofluid by increasing the nanoparticle concentration of nanofluid in compared to pure oil.