Experimental Investigation of Diameter effect of Al2O3 nano fluid on Shell and tube heat exchanger in laminar flow regime

Authors

  • Somchandra Patel M.E. Student, Merchant Institute of Technology, Piludara, Mehsana, India
  • Vijay Patel Assistant Professor, Government Engineering College, Patan, India
  • Vishal Thakkar Assistant Professor, Merchant Institute of Technology, Piludara, Mehsana, India

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Abstract

In this paper the experimental study performed to investigate the convective heat transfer characteristic of Al2O3–
water nano fluid in laminar flow regime. The diameter effect of nano particle on convective heat transfer studied at
nano particles volume concentration of 0.012 by volume. The experimental apparatus is horizontal shell and tube
counter flow heat exchanger. The nano particles of Al2O3with average diameter of 20, 40, 60, 80 nm is dispersed in
distilled water as base fluid. The result indicates the higher heat transfer coefficientand Nusselt number for all nano
fluid compare to base fluid. The result shows that nano fluid with 20 nm diameter has highest heat transfer coefficient
and friction factor over rang of mass flow rate.

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Published

2015-05-25

How to Cite

Somchandra Patel, Vijay Patel, & Vishal Thakkar. (2015). Experimental Investigation of Diameter effect of Al2O3 nano fluid on Shell and tube heat exchanger in laminar flow regime. International Journal of Advance Research in Engineering, Science & Technology, 2(5), 159–163. Retrieved from https://ijarest.org/index.php/ijarest/article/view/139

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 5 (2015): Volume: 02, Issue: 05 - May, 2015.

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