A numerical study of heat transfer charcteristics of a car radiator involved nanofluids |
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| Authors: | Hossein Kakavand Maysam Molana |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Iran;2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Khuzestan, Iran |
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| Abstract: | To investigate the heat transfer characteristics of a car radiator involved nanofluids, we used GAMBIT & FLUENT softwares and calculated the effective physical parameters using some famous models as a single‐phase mixture. Carbon nanotubes and boron nitride nanotubes have been used in less than 1% volume concentration in flat and twisted tubes. Our results show that nanofluids application in a twisted tube gives a great enhancement in the thermal performance in comparison of the flat tube. |
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| Keywords: | car radiator heat transfer enhancement nanofluids nanotubes twisted tube |
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