低体积分数水基SiO2纳米流体沸腾换热关键物性参数研究

在不添加任何分散剂和改变pH值的情况下,通过两步法将比表面积为150 m~2/g的气相SiO_2纳米颗粒制备成均匀稳定、透明度高、分散性能好的纳米流体。并对该功能性纳米流体进行了导热系数、黏度、表面张力和壁面接触角的测量。低体积分数下,功能性纳米流体较基液的导热系数几乎没有变化,但黏度却有较大改变。传统固液两相混合物黏度模型不再适用功能性纳米流体的计算,其主要原因是传统公式低估了分子间作用力对纳米流体黏度的影响。因此,建立了功能性纳米流体的黏度经验公式。由于纳米颗粒的存在提高了沸腾表面的粗糙度,从而使纳米流体的壁面湿润性能大大提高。实验结果表明,纳米流体的黏性和壁面接触角是沸腾换热发生骤变的关键。     

纳米通道内纳米流体流动特性的分子动力学模拟

利用分子动力学方法对铜-氩纳米流体和基础流体在不同剪切速度下的纳米尺度的Couette流进行模拟计算。结果表明:在纳米尺度通道内,纳米流体流动过程中颗粒存在旋转运动和平移运动,从而加强湍流效果,强化传热并影响整个流动区域内的流动速度分布,造成纳米流体速度呈非线性分布。壁面和纳米颗粒表面都会形成一层排布更为规则的液体原子吸附层,吸附层内液体分子在流体流动过程中一直伴随着壁面和纳米颗粒进行运动,且吸附层具有"类固"特性,可以增强纳米流体的传热能力。     

水基氧化石墨烯纳米流体表面张力实验研究

以去离子水为基液,以氧化石墨烯纳米粒子为添加剂,制备成水基氧化石墨烯纳米流体,研究纳米流体在不同浓度、温度以及不同纳米粒子粒径下的表面张力,表面张力采用吊环法进行测量。实验结果表明,纳米流体的表面张力随着浓度增大而增大,但相对于去离子水,最大浓度(0.1wt%)的纳米流体表面张力仅增加了2.9%;纳米流体的表面张力随着温度的升高而降低,但降低的幅度小于去离子水随温度的降低幅度;纳米流体的表面张力随着纳米粒子粒径的减小而降低。本文的研究结果可为吸收式制冷循环吸收液的研究提供参考。     

纳米流体在微通道换热中的研究进展

随着微尺度应用需求日益增长,纳米流体与微通道分别作为强化传热流动介质与强化传热结构获得学者们的广泛关注。主要概述了纳米流体的制备方法与稳定性,以纳米颗粒及基液类型、纳米颗粒的浓度、粒径以及强化传热机理为类别,综述了纳米流体在不同结构微通道中传热与流动性能的研究进展。通过分析已发表的研究成果,总结了纳米流体在微通道换热中的研究难点,提出了研究纳米流体在微通道中流动与传热特性的主要方向。     

纳米流体黏度影响因素的试验研究

以SiO2纳米颗粒分别分散在去离子水(DW)、乙二醇(EG)以及两者的混合液中得到的纳米流体为研究对象,研究了颗粒大小、温度、基液成分和体积分数等因素对纳米流体黏度的影响.结果表明:在相同基液的条件下,随着颗粒粒径减小,流体黏度增加;基液中EG体积分数越大,黏度受温度影响越明显;黏度随体积分数变化的规律与修正的K-D模型吻合较好,但当体积分数超过1%时,由于纳米颗粒团聚程度不同,使得以混合液(EG体积分数为50%)为基液的纳米流体的黏度远大于预测值.     

SiO2纳米流体强化换热的实验和仿真研究

为研究纳米流体稳定性并增强换热机理,在乙二醇/去离子水基液中,采用原液化学生长法制备了不同质量浓度（1%,2%,3%,4%和5%）的氧化硅-乙二醇/水纳米流体,通过Zeta电位测量和透射扫描电镜实验表征纳米流体的稳定性。实验测量并研究了温度和质量浓度对纳米流体的导热系数和粘度的影响。依据实测结果,利用格子玻尔兹曼方法对圆管内纳米流体的流动与换热特性进行数值模拟研究。结果表明：二氧化硅颗粒在基液中具有良好的稳定性;纳米流体的导热系数随温度和质量浓度的提高而增大;纳米流体的加入可以显著提高基液的对流换热系数,当质量浓度为5%时对流换热系数的提高幅度可达到25.5%。     

纳米流体稳定性及其导热性能研究

为了探究影响纳米流体稳定性和导热系数的因素,采用一步法和两步法分别制备了SiO_2-EG/DW(50∶50)纳米流体和SiO_2-EG纳米流体,探讨团聚体等效直径对纳米流体稳定性的影响。基于瞬态热线法的原理,测量一步法纳米流体的导热系数,分析温度和纳米颗粒质量分数对其导热系数的影响。结果表明:相比一步法制备的纳米流体,两步法纳米流体内团聚体的沉降速度增加了10~3倍,团聚体等效直径对纳米流体稳定性具有关键性的影响。纳米流体导热系数与温度和纳米颗粒质量分数呈线性正相关,纳米流体质量分数为15%时,80℃的样品导热系数相比40℃时提高了5.2%;60℃时,质量分数6%的纳米流体导热系数相比基液提高了6.4%;质量分数增加到15%时,导热系数相比基液提高了15.8%。     

Cu-H_2O纳米流体流动与强化换热的数值模拟研究

模拟纳米流体在三维管道中的流动和强化传热过程,运用数值计算方法研究纳米流体的流动特性和传热机理,探究不同纳米颗粒体积分数和不同纳米颗粒大小在不同雷诺数(Re)下对纳米流体的流动和传热特性的影响。基于DPM模型对纳米流体在圆管中的对流换热进行了数值模拟研究,研究结果表明,在一定范围内,每增加0.5%的体积分数,纳米流体的传热性能平均增强7.82%。随着纳米颗粒的减小,纳米流体的传热系数不断增加。     

新型材料在太阳能热电联用中的应用

通过高压微射流分散法制备了稳定的纳米流体.用激光粒度仪观察了分散前后的粒径分布.纳米流体中颗粒的小尺寸效应使其对太阳能辐射体现出了与普通材料不同的特殊光吸收特性.当颗粒粒径远小于入射波长时,颗粒散射特性远小于颗粒吸收作用,其散射作用可以忽略.试验测试了多种颗粒粒径SiO2纳米流体的透射率.用太阳能模拟发生器模拟太阳能辐射,对表面加SiO2纳米流体的电池板的性能进行了试验研究,分析了SiO2纳米流体对电池板的开路电压、最大功率以及工作温度的影响.结果显示若能利用纳米颗粒特殊的光学性质改变介质某一波段的辐射特性,探索一种对太阳能可见光高透过、其他波段高吸收的纳米流体,将有望极大的提高热电联用系统的太阳能利用率.     

纳米颗粒对二元硝酸盐表面张力和密度的影响

为准确计算纳米熔盐的传热储热能力,利用高温熔融法将SiO2纳米颗粒分散至二元硝酸盐(60％NaNO3-40％KNO3)中,制备了5种不同含量SiO2纳米颗粒的纳米熔盐复合材料.基于阿基米德法测量液体密度和拉筒法测量液体表面张力的原理改进实验装置,搭建高温熔盐密度、表面张力实验台.实验对制备的5种纳米熔盐的表面张力和密度进行实验测量,并对实验数据进行拟合,得到5种纳米熔盐密度和表面张力随温度的变化关系,拟合得到纳米熔盐密度和表面张力与温度之间的实验关联式.结果表明,基盐及5种纳米熔盐的密度均随温度的升高而下降,且加入SiO2纳米颗粒后,熔融盐的密度变化不明显.基盐及5种纳米熔盐的表面张力也随温度的升高而下降,且加入SiO2纳米颗粒后,熔融盐的表面张力值均有所增加.提出纳米熔盐形成机理,并对纳米熔盐密度和表面张力改变的原因进行解释.     

Experimental Studies of Nanofluid Droplets in Spray Cooling

Spray cooling is used in cooling of electronic devices to remove large heat fluxes. Heat transfer to droplets impinging on a heated surface and boiling off has been studied. Most work is on a well-controlled system of a single drop falling onto a horizontal heated plate from a fixed height. These have revealed the droplet impingement mechanics to be a function largely of Weber number and excess temperature, and a range of regimes is observed similar to those in pool boiling, with a clearly identifiable critical heat flux. Nanofluids exhibit enhanced boiling heat transfer in pool boiling. The effect of nanoparticles on droplet boil-off was studied in this work. Nanofluid drops were let fall onto a surface at temperature greater than the saturation temperature, and behavior and heat flux were recorded and contrasted to that of a pure fluid. The working fluids used were pure water, ethanol, and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and ethanol– or DMSO–nanoparticle solutions (the nanoparticles were aluminum, with concentrations of up to 0.1% by weight in DMSO and 3.2% by weight in ethanol). High-speed photographic images of droplet evolution in time were obtained and indicate that there are differences in the behavior of nanofluid droplets as they boil off the surface, compared to pure fluids. Increasing nanoparticle concentration decreases the receding droplet breakup on rebound after impingement and appears to reduce the maximum spreading of a droplet as well. Maximum recoil height is reduced with increasing nanoparticle concentration. Experimental measurements of the heat fluxes associated with the pure and nanofluid droplets did not show significant enhancement, though there was noticeable improvement in the DMSO nanofluids.     

Nanocoating characterization in pool boiling heat transfer of pure water

The pool boiling behavior of nanoparticle coated surfaces is experimentally studied in pure water. Nanoparticle coatings were created during nanofluid pool boiling experiments (Al₂O₃–water/ethanol). The nanocoatings developed can significantly enhance the critical heat flux. Ethanol nanofluids created more uniform nanocoatings which outperformed nanocoatings created in water nanofluids. The wetting and wicking characteristics of the nanocoatings are investigated through contact angle measurements and by conducting a dip test. A linear relationship between the CHF enhancement and the quasi-static contact angles of the nanocoatings was revealed. Additionally, a mechanism potentially responsible for nanocoating CHF enhancement is identified.     

Surface tension of evaporating nanofluid droplets

Measurements of nanofluid surface tension were made using the pendant droplet method. Three different types of nanoparticles were used – laponite, silver and Fe₂O₃ – with de-ionized water (DW) as the base fluid. The reported results focus on the following categories: (1) because some nanoparticles require surfactants to form stable colloids, the individual effects of the surfactant and the particles were investigated; (2) due to evaporation of the pendant droplet, the particle concentration increases, affecting the apparent surface tension; (3) because of the evaporation process, a hysteresis was found where the evaporating droplet can only achieve lower values of surface tension than that of nanofluids at the same prepared concentrations; and (4) the Stefan equation relating the apparent surface tension and heat of evaporation was found to be inapplicable for nanofluids investigated. Comparisons with findings for sessile droplets are also discussed, pointing to additional effects of nanoparticles other than the non-equilibrium evaporation process.     

Surface wettability change during pool boiling of nanofluids and its effect on critical heat flux

The pool boiling characteristics of dilute dispersions of alumina, zirconia and silica nanoparticles in water were studied. Consistently with other nanofluid studies, it was found that a significant enhancement in critical heat flux (CHF) can be achieved at modest nanoparticle concentrations (<0.1% by volume). Buildup of a porous layer of nanoparticles on the heater surface occurred during nucleate boiling. This layer significantly improves the surface wettability, as shown by a reduction of the static contact angle on the nanofluid-boiled surfaces compared with the pure-water-boiled surfaces. A review of the prevalent CHF theories has established the nexus between CHF enhancement and surface wettability changes caused by nanoparticle deposition. This represents a first important step towards identification of a plausible mechanism for boiling CHF enhancement in nanofluids.     

An experimental investigation on spreading of droplets with evaporation and nucleation

An experimental investigation was conducted to visually observe the dynamic characteristics of water droplets with evaporation and nucleation on stainless steel and polished silicon surfaces. The water droplet diameter, contact area, and spreading speed were measured using a high‐speed CCD camera at surface temperatures ranging from 110^°C to 190^°C, and a model was proposed to describe the dynamic behavior of droplet spreading. The spreading of water droplets under evaporation and nucleate boiling is highly dependent on the dynamic bubble behavior in the droplets, particularly bubble volume, bubble interaction, as well as the surface properties and temperature. Water droplets were easiest to spread at the surface temperature of 130 ^°C, and the spreading tendency increased with increasing surface coarseness. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heat Trans Asian Res; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/htj.20231     

Thermal and rheological characteristics of CuO–Base oil nanofluid flow inside a circular tube

In the present experimental investigation, stable CuO–Base oil nanofluids with different particle weight fractions of 0.2% to 2% are prepared. Then, these fluids are used for heat transfer measurements as well as rheological behavior investigation. Density, thermal conductivities, viscosities and specific heat capacities of base fluid and all nanofluids at different temperatures are measured and the effect of nanoparticles concentration on fluid properties is investigated. Also, heat transfer characteristics of CuO–Base oil nanofluids laminar flow in a smooth tube under constant heat flux are studied experimentally. Experimental results clearly indicate that addition of nanoparticles into the base fluid enhances the thermal conductivity of the fluid and the enhancement increases with increasing of particle concentration. For the particle concentrations tested, nanofluids exhibit Newtonian behavior. It is observed that the dynamic viscosity substantially increases with the increase in nanoparticle concentration and this increase is more pronounced at the lower temperatures of the nanofluid. The specific heat capacity of nanofluids is significantly less than that of base fluid and it is decreased with the increase in nanofluid concentration. The results show that for a specific nanoparticle concentration, there is an increase in heat transfer coefficient of nanofluid flow compared to pure oil flow. A maximum increase of 12.7% in Heat Transfer coefficient was observed for 2 wt.% nanofluid at the highest Reynolds number studied in this investigation. Furthermore, heat transfer coefficients obtained using experimental fluid properties are compared to those obtained using the existing theoretical models for fluid properties.     

液滴撞击不同固体表面的数值模拟研究

采用CLSVOF(coupled level set and volume of fluid)方法,对低We情况下液滴撞击不同固体表面的过程进行了数值模拟研究。分析了液滴撞击平板表面的动态过程,构建了液滴衰减振荡的数学模型,探究了不同的表面润湿性、撞击速度及表面微尺度结构对液滴动态特性的影响。结果表明:液滴撞击固体表面的过程包含铺展、回缩、振荡等多个现象,其最大铺展因子及振荡周期随着表面接触角的增大而减小,随着撞击速度的增大而增大;撞击表面的微尺度结构会对液滴的动态特性产生影响,微尺度结构会对液滴的铺展及回缩运动产生阻碍作用,导致液滴的振荡特性减弱;液滴在矩形沟槽表面达到最大铺展因子的用时最短,在三角形沟槽表面的最大铺展因子最小。     

Heat transfer of nanofluids in a shell and tube heat exchanger

Heat transfer characteristics of γ-Al₂O₃/water and TiO₂/water nanofluids were measured in a shell and tube heat exchanger under turbulent flow condition. The effects of Peclet number, volume concentration of suspended nanoparticles, and particle type on the heat characteristics were investigated. Based on the results, adding of naoparticles to the base fluid causes the significant enhancement of heat transfer characteristics. For both nanofluids, two different optimum nanoparticle concentrations exist. Comparison of the heat transfer behavior of two nanofluids indicates that at a certain Peclet number, heat transfer characteristics of TiO₂/water nanofluid at its optimum nanoparticle concentration are greater than those of γ-Al₂O₃/water nanofluid while γ-Al₂O₃/water nanofluid possesses better heat transfer behavior at higher nanoparticle concentrations.     

Modeling of liquid water transport in a proton exchange membrane fuel cell gas flow channel with dynamic wettability

Liquid water transport in the gas flow channel is significantly important for the water removal and management in proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Previous numerical studies consider a single and constant static contact angle for the liquid water transport on the channel surface, which is insufficient to account for the dynamic wettability behavior of the flow. In this study, a dynamic wettability model is developed that incorporates the sliding angle and dynamic contact angles for the simulation of water transport in the flow channel. It is found that both the sliding and dynamic contact angles have significant impact on the characteristics of the water transport and dynamics in the flow channel. Water spreading on the channel surface is elliptic, and its minor and major axes oscillate out of phase with the droplet height. The pressure loss for the 2‐phase flow in the channel is directly related to this oscillation and deformation of the droplet shape. Flow channel surface with a small sliding angle facilitates the water transport and removal and reduces the associated pressure loss in the channel. The conventional static wettability model would overpredict droplet deformation and breakup as well as the pressure loss in the channel.