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Numerical study of forced convective heat transfer of nanofluids: comparison of different approaches
, Article International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer ; Volume 37, Issue 1 , 2010 , Pages 74-78 ; 07351933 (ISSN) ; Saboohi, Y ; Rashidi, A. M ; Sharif University of Technology
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Forced convective of a nanofluid that consists of water and Al2O3 in horizontal tubes has been studied numerically. Computed results were validated with existing well established correlation. Two-phase Eulerian model has been implemented for the first time to study such a flow field. A single-phase model and two-phase mixture model formulations were also used for comparison. The comparison of calculated results with experimental values shows that the mixture model is more precise. It is illustrated that the single-phase model and the two-phase Eulerian model underestimates the Nusselt number. Effects of nanoparticles concentration on the thermal parameters are also discussed
Natural convection of Al2O3-water nanofluid in an inclined enclosure with the effects of slip velocity mechanisms: Brownian motion and thermophoresis phenomenon
, Article International Journal of Thermal Sciences ; Volume 105 , 2016 , Pages 137-158 ; 12900729 (ISSN) ; Mehmandoust, B ; Karimipour, A ; Pakravan, H. A ; Sharif University of Technology
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Effects of inclination angle on natural convective heat transfer and fluid flow in an enclosure filled with Al2O3-water nanofluid are studied numerically. The left and right walls of enclosure are kept in hot and cold constant temperature while the other two walls are assumed to be adiabatic. Considering Brownian motion and thermophoresis effect (two important slip velocity mechanisms) the two-phase mixture model has been employed to investigate the flow and thermal behaviors of the nanofluid. The study was performed for various inclination angles of enclosure ranging from γ = 0° to γ = 60°, volume fraction from 0% to 3%, and Rayleigh numbers varying from 105 to 107. The governing equations...