Heat transfer and nanofluid flow characteristics through a circular tube fitted with helical tape inserts

Numerical investigations are conducted using finite volume method of study the laminar convective heat transfer and nanofluids flows through a circular tube fitted with helical tape insert. The continuity, momentum and energy equations are discretized and the SIMPLE algorithm scheme is applied to li...

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Main Author:	Sadegh, Omidreza
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2015
Subjects:	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/48717/25/OmidrezaSadeghiMFKM2015.pdf
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spelling	my-utm-ep.487172020-06-18T01:57:01Z Heat transfer and nanofluid flow characteristics through a circular tube fitted with helical tape inserts 2015-01 Sadegh, Omidreza TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Numerical investigations are conducted using finite volume method of study the laminar convective heat transfer and nanofluids flows through a circular tube fitted with helical tape insert. The continuity, momentum and energy equations are discretized and the SIMPLE algorithm scheme is applied to link the pressure and velocity fields inside the domain for plain tube and four different twist ratios of 1.954.89, two different types of nanoparticles, Al2O3 and SiO2 with different nanoparticle shapes of spherical, cylindrical and platelets, 0.5-2.0 % volume fraction in base fluid (water) and nanoparticle diameter of 20-50 nm. The wall of tube was maintained at uniform heat flux. In this project, several parameters such as boundary condition (different Reynolds number), types of fluids (base fluid with different type of nanoparticles), different nanoparticle shapes, different volume fraction and different particle diameter are investigated to identify their effect on the heat transfer and fluid flow through a circular tube fitted with helical tape insert geometries. The numerical results indicate that the four types of Nanofluid achieved higher Nusselt number than pure water. Nanofluid with Al2O3 particle achieved the highest Nusselt number. For all the cases Nusselt number increased with the increase of Reynolds number and Nusselt number will increase through a circular tube fitted with helical tape insert with decrease of twist ratio. 2015-01 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/48717/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/48717/25/OmidrezaSadeghiMFKM2015.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:84907 masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
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topic	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
spellingShingle	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Sadegh, Omidreza Heat transfer and nanofluid flow characteristics through a circular tube fitted with helical tape inserts
description	Numerical investigations are conducted using finite volume method of study the laminar convective heat transfer and nanofluids flows through a circular tube fitted with helical tape insert. The continuity, momentum and energy equations are discretized and the SIMPLE algorithm scheme is applied to link the pressure and velocity fields inside the domain for plain tube and four different twist ratios of 1.954.89, two different types of nanoparticles, Al2O3 and SiO2 with different nanoparticle shapes of spherical, cylindrical and platelets, 0.5-2.0 % volume fraction in base fluid (water) and nanoparticle diameter of 20-50 nm. The wall of tube was maintained at uniform heat flux. In this project, several parameters such as boundary condition (different Reynolds number), types of fluids (base fluid with different type of nanoparticles), different nanoparticle shapes, different volume fraction and different particle diameter are investigated to identify their effect on the heat transfer and fluid flow through a circular tube fitted with helical tape insert geometries. The numerical results indicate that the four types of Nanofluid achieved higher Nusselt number than pure water. Nanofluid with Al2O3 particle achieved the highest Nusselt number. For all the cases Nusselt number increased with the increase of Reynolds number and Nusselt number will increase through a circular tube fitted with helical tape insert with decrease of twist ratio.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Sadegh, Omidreza
author_facet	Sadegh, Omidreza
author_sort	Sadegh, Omidreza
title	Heat transfer and nanofluid flow characteristics through a circular tube fitted with helical tape inserts
title_short	Heat transfer and nanofluid flow characteristics through a circular tube fitted with helical tape inserts
title_full	Heat transfer and nanofluid flow characteristics through a circular tube fitted with helical tape inserts
title_fullStr	Heat transfer and nanofluid flow characteristics through a circular tube fitted with helical tape inserts
title_full_unstemmed	Heat transfer and nanofluid flow characteristics through a circular tube fitted with helical tape inserts
title_sort	heat transfer and nanofluid flow characteristics through a circular tube fitted with helical tape inserts
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
granting_department	Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
publishDate	2015
url	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/48717/25/OmidrezaSadeghiMFKM2015.pdf
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Heat transfer and nanofluid flow characteristics through a circular tube fitted with helical tape inserts

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