When to fill a tube with thermal enhancers and when to leave it empty

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2356-2364

  Gosselin, Louis ^a   da Silva, Alexandre K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

Author keywords

Extended surface; Internal fins; Optimization; Pipe flow; Porous media; Solid liquid mixtures

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; OPTIMIZATION; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DROP; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

HEATED PIPE; INTERNAL FINS; POROUS MEDIUM FILLINGS; SOLID ENHANCER; SOLID-LIQUID MIXTURE; THERMAL ENHANCERS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 34250875778     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2007.03.010     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Bobaru F., and Rachakonda S. Optimal shape profiles for cooling fins of high and low conductivity. Int J Heat Mass Transfer 47 (2004) 4953-4966
2. Jany P., and Bejan A. Ernst Schmidt's approach to fin optimization: an extension to fins with variable conductivity and the design of ducts for fluid. Int J Heat Mass Transfer 31 (1998) 1635-1644
3. da Silva A.K., and Gosselin L. On the thermal performance of an internally finned three-dimensional cubic enclosure in natural convection. Int J Thermal Sci 44 6 (2005) 540-546
4. Badescu V. Optimum fin geometry in flat plate solar collector systems. Energy Convers Manage 47 15-16 (2006) 2397-2413
5. Malekzadeh P., Rahideh H., and Karami G. Optimization of convective-radiative fins by using differential quadrature element method. Energy Convers Manage 47 11-12 (2006) 1505-1514
6. Arslanturk C. Simple correlation equations for optimum design of annular fins with uniform thickness. Appl Therm Eng 25 14-15 (2005) 2463-2468
7. Bejan A. Convection heat transfer. 3rd ed. (2004), Wiley
8. Ding Y., Alias H., Wen D., and Williams R.A. Heat transfer of aqueous suspensions of carbon nanotubes (CNT nanofluids). Int J Heat Mass Transfer 49 1-2 (2006) 240-250
9. Koo J., and Kleinstreuer C. Laminar nanofluid flow in microheat-sinks. Int J Heat Mass Transfer 48 13 (2005) 2652-2661
10. Khaled A.-R.A., and Vafai K. Heat transfer enhancement through control of thermal dispersion effects. Int J Heat Mass Transfer 48 11 (2005) 2172-2185
11. Yang Y., Zhang Z.G., Grulke E.A., Anderson W.B., and Wu G. Heat transfer properties of nanoparticle-in-fluid dispersions (nanofluids) in laminar flow. Int J Heat Mass Transfer 48 6 (2005) 1107-1116
12. Keblinski P., Phillpot S.R., Choi S.U.S., and Eastman J.A. Mechanisms of heat flow in suspensions of nano-sized particles (nanofluids). Int J Heat Mass Transfer 45 4 (2002) 855-863
13. Xuan Y., and Roetzel W. Conceptions for heat transfer correlation of nanofluids. Int J Heat Mass Transfer 43 19 (2000) 3701-3707
14. Gosselin L., and da Silva A.K. Combined heat transfer and power dissipation optimization of nanofluid flows. Appl Phys Lett 85 18 (2004) 4160-4162
15. Zhao C.Y., Lu W., and Tassou S.A. Thermal analysis on metal-foam filled heat exchangers. part II: tube heat exchangers. Int J Heat Mass Transfer 49 15-16 (2006) 2762-2770
16. Haji-Sheikh A., and Vafai K. Analysis of flow and heat transfer in porous media imbedded inside various-shaped ducts. Int J Heat Mass Transfer 47 8-9 (2004) 1889-1905
17. Wildi-Tremblay P., and Gosselin L. Layered porous media architecture for maximal cooling. Int J Heat Mass Transfer 50 3-4 (2007) 464-478
18. Incropera F.P., Dewitt D.P., Bergman T.L., and Lavine A.S. Fundamentals of heat and mass transfer. 6th ed. (2007), Wiley
19. Gosselin L., and Bejan A. Tree networks for minimal pumping power. Int J Thermal Sci 44 01 (2005) 53-63
20. Nield D.A., and Bejan A. Convection in porous media. 2nd ed. (1999), Springer-Verlag, New York
21. Haji A., and Vafai K. Analysis of flow and heat transfer in porous media imbedded inside various-shaped ducts. Int J Heat Mass Transfer 47 8-9 (2004) 1889-1905
22. Varahasamy M., and Fand R.M. Heat transfer by forced convection in pipes packed with porous media whose matrices are composed of spheres. Int J Heat Mass Transfer 39 18 (1996) 3931-3947
23. Jiang P.X., Li M., Lu T.J., Yu L., and Ren Z.P. Experimental research on convection heat transfer in sintered porous plate channels. Int J Heat Mass Transfer 47 10-11 (2004) 2085-2096
24. Hadim H., and North A. Forced convection in a sintered porous channel with inlet and outlet slots. Int J Thermal Sci 44 1 (2005) 33-42
25. Petrescu S. Comments on the optimal spacing of parallel plates cooled by forced convection. Int J Heat Mass Transfer 37 8 (1994) 1283
26. Gosselin L. Fitting the flow regime in the internal structure of heat transfer systems. Int Commun Heat Mass Transfer 33 1 (2006) 30-38
27. da Silva A.K., and Bejan A. Constructal multi-scale structure for maximal heat transfer density in natural convection. Int J Heat Fluid Flow 26 1 (2005) 34-44
28. Bello-Ochende T., and Bejan A. Optimal spacings for mixed convection. J Heat Transfer - Trans ASME 126 6 (2004) 956-962
29. Bello-Ochende T., and Bejan A. Constructal multi-scale cylinders in cross-flow. Int J Heat Mass Transfer 48 7 (2005) 1373-1383
30. Bejan A. Shape and structure, from engineering to nature (2000), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK
31. Zeitoun O., and Hegazy A.S. Heat transfer for laminar flow in internally finned pipes with different fin heights and uniform wall temperature. Heat Mass Transfer 40 3-4 (2004) 253-259
32. Brinkman H.C. The viscosity of concentrated suspensions and solutions. J Chem Phys 20 4 (1952) 571
33. Hamilton R.L., and Crosser O.K. Thermal conductivity of heterogeneous two-component systems. Ind Eng Chem Fundam 1 (1962) 187-191
34. Maiga S.E., Palm S.J., Nguyen C.T., Roy G., and Galanis N. Heat transfer enhancement by using nanofluids in forced convection flows. Int J Heat Fluid Flow 26 4 (2005) 530-546
35. Gosselin L. Minimum pumping power fluid tree networks without a priori flow regime assumption. Int J Heat Mass Transfer 48 11 (2005) 2159-2171