A numerical investigation of transient natural convection heat transfer of aqueous nanofluids in a horizontal concentric annulus

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1141-1148

  Yu, Zi Tao ^a   Xu, Xu ^b   Hu, Ya Cai ^a   Fan, Li Wu ^c   Cen, Ke Fa ^d  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA JILIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brownian motion; Heat transfer; Horizontal concentric annulus; Nanofluids; Numerical simulation; Transient natural convection

Indexed keywords

COAXIAL CYLINDERS; CONVECTIVE FLOW; COPPER OXIDE NANOPARTICLES; FLOW DEVELOPMENT; HORIZONTAL ANNULUS; HORIZONTAL CONCENTRIC ANNULUS; NANOFLUIDS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; STEADY STATE; TIME-AVERAGED; TRANSIENT NATURAL CONVECTION;

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); HEAT TRANSFER; NANOPARTICLES; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 82955232419     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.09.058     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. T.H. Kuehn, and R.J. Goldstein An experimental and theoretical study of natural convection in the annulus between horizontal concentric cylinders J. Fluid Mech. 74 1976 695 719
2. T.H. Kuehn, and R.J. Goldstein Correlating equations for natural convection heat transfer between horizontal circular cylinders Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 19 1976 1127 1134
3. T.H. Kuehn, and R.J. Goldstein A parametric study of Prandtl number and diameter ratio effects on natural convection heat transfer in horizontal cylindrical annuli J. Heat Transfer 102 1980 768 770
4. X. Xu, G. Sun, Z. Yu, Y. Hu, L. Fan, and K. Cen Numerical investigation of laminar natural convective heat transfer from a horizontal triangular cylinder to its concentric cylindrical enclosure Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 52 2009 3176 3186
5. Y.T. Tsui, and B. Tremblay On transient natural convection heat transfer in the annulus between concentric horizontal cylinders with isothermal surfaces Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 27 1984 103 111 (Pubitemid 14502082)
6. A. Castrejon, and D.B. Spalding An experimental and theoretical study of transient free-convection flow between horizontal concentric cylinders Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 31 1988 273 284 (Pubitemid 18590255)
7. M.N. Borjini, A. Abidi, and H.B. Aissia Prediction of unsteady natural convection within a horizontal narrow annular space using the control-volume method Numer. Heat Transfer A: Appl. 48 2005 811 829 (Pubitemid 41568366)
8. S.U.S. Choi Enhancing thermal conductivity of fluids with nanoparticles D.A. Siginer, H.P. Wang, Developments and Applications of Non-Newtonian Flows FED-vol. 231/MD-vol. 66 1995 ASME New York 99 105
9. S.K. Das, S.U.S. Choi, W. Yu, and T. Pradeep Nanofluids: Science and Technology 2008 John Wiley & Sons Hoboken, New Jersey
10. N. Putra, W. Roetzel, and S.K. Das Natural convection of nano-fluids Heat Mass Transfer 39 2003 775 784
11. K. Khanafer, K. Vafai, and M. Lightstone Buoyancy-driven heat transfer enhancement in a two-dimensional enclosure utilizing nanofluids Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 46 2003 3639 3653 (Pubitemid 36910904)
12. D. Wen, and Y. Ding Formulation of nanofluids for natural convective heat transfer applications Int. J. Heat Fluid Flow 26 2005 855 864 (Pubitemid 43009130)
13. R.-Y. Jou, and S.-C. Tzeng Numerical research of natural convective heat transfer enhancement filled with nanofluids in rectangular enclosures Int. Commun. Heat Mass Transfer 33 2006 727 736 (Pubitemid 43793070)
14. D. Wen, and Y. Ding Natural convective heat transfer of suspensions of titanium dioxide nanoparticles (nanofluids) IEEE Trans. Nanotechnol. 5 2006 220 227
15. 3 nanofluids in a rectangular cavity Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 50 2007 4003 4010 (Pubitemid 46733953)
16. H.F. Oztop, and E. Abu-Nada Numerical study of natural convection in partially heated rectangular enclosures filled with nanofluids Int. J. Heat Fluid Flow 29 2008 1326 1336
17. B.H. Chang, A.F. Mills, and E. Hernandez Natural convection of microparticle suspensions in thin enclosures Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 51 2008 1332 1341
18. C.J. Ho, M.W. Chen, and Z.W. Li Numerical simulation of natural convection of nanofluid in a square enclosure: effects due to uncertainties of viscosity and thermal conductivity Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 51 2008 4506 4516
19. A.K. Santra, S. Sen, and N. Chakraborty Study of heat transfer augmentation in a differentially heated square cavity using copper-water nanofluid Int. J. Therm. Sci. 47 2008 1113 1122
20. E. Abu-Nada, and H.F. Oztop Effects of inclination angle on natural convection in enclosures filled with Cu-water nanofluid Int. J. Heat Fluid Flow 30 2009 669 678
21. B. Ghasemi, and S.M. Aminossadati Natural convection heat transfer in an inclined enclosure filled with a water-CuO nanofluid Numer. Heat Transfer A: Appl. 55 2009 807 823
22. K.C. Lin, and A. Violi Natural convection heat transfer of nanofluids in a vertical cavity: effects of non-uniform particle diameter and temperature on thermal conductivity Int. J. Heat Fluid Flow 31 2010 236 245
23. E. Abu-Nada, Z. Masoud, H.F. Oztop, and A. Campo Effect of nanofluid variable properties on natural convection in enclosures Int. J. Therm. Sci. 49 2010 479 491
24. K. Kahveci Buoyancy driven heat transfer of nanofluids in a tilted enclosure J. Heat Transfer 132 2010 062501 12 pages
25. 3/DI water nanoparticle suspensions nanofluids Adv. Mech. Eng. 2010 2010 742739 10 pages
26. Z.-T. Yu, W. Wang, X. Xu, L.-W. Fan, Y.-C. Hu, and K.-F. Cen A numerical investigation of transient natural convective heat transfer of aqueous nanofluids in a differentially heated square cavity Int. Commun. Heat Mass Transfer 38 2011 585 589
27. B. Ghasemi, and S.M. Aminossadati Brownian motion of nanoparticles in a triangular enclosure with natural convection Int. J. Therm. Sci. 49 2010 931 940
28. Z.-T. Yu, X. Xu, Y.-C. Hu, L.-W. Fan, and K.-F. Cen Numerical study of transient buoyancy-driven convective heat transfer of water-based nanofluids in a bottom-heated isosceles triangular enclosure Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 54 2011 526 532
29. E. Abu-Nada, Z. Masoud, and A. Hijazi Natural convection heat transfer enhancement in horizontal concentric annuli using nanofluids Int. Commun. Heat Mass Transfer 35 2008 657 665
30. O. Zeitoun, and M.E. Ali Nanofluids natural convection heat transfer in horizontal annulus Int. J. Nanopart. 2 2009 173 181
31. 3-water nanofluid on heat transfer enhancement in natural convection Int. J. Heat Fluid Flow 30 2009 679 690
32. E. Abu-Nada Effects of variable viscosity and thermal conductivity of CuO-water nanofluid on heat transfer enhancement in natural convection: mathematical model and simulation J. Heat Transfer 132 2010 052401 9 p
33. J. Buongiorno Convective transport in nanofluids J. Heat Transfer 128 2006 240 250
34. J. Koo, and C. Kleinstreuer Impact analysis of nanoparticle motion mechanisms on the thermal conductivity of nanofluids Int. Commun. Heat Mass Transfer 32 2005 1111 1118 (Pubitemid 41403645)
35. S.P. Jang, and S.U.S. Choi Role of Brownian motion in the enhanced thermal conductivity of nanofluids Appl. Phys. Lett. 84 2004 4316 4318
36. W. Evans, J. Fish, and P. Keblinski Role of Brownian motion hydrodynamics on nanofluid thermal conductivity Appl. Phys. Lett. 88 2006 093116 3 p
37. Y. Zhang, L. Li, H.B. Ma, and M. Yang Effect of Brownian and thermophoretic diffusions of nanoparticles on nonequilibrium heat conduction in a nanofluid layer with periodic heat flux Numer. Heat Transfer A: Appl. 58 2009 325 341
38. J. Koo, and C. Kleinstreuer A new thermal conductivity model for nanofluids J. Nanopart. Res. 6 2004 577 588 (Pubitemid 40454281)
39. J. Koo, and C. Kleinstreuer Laminar nanofluid flow in microheat-sinks Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 48 2005 2652 2661
40. R. Prasher, P. Bhattacharya, and P.E. Phelan Brownian-motion-based convective-conductive model for the effective thermal conductivity of nanofluids J. Heat Transfer 128 2006 588 595 (Pubitemid 44027928)
41. J.D. Chung, C.-J. Kim, H. Yoo, and J.S. Lee Numerical investigation on the bifurcative natural convection in a horizontal concentric annulus Numer. Heat Transfer A: Appl. 36 1999 291 307