Investigation of Heat Transfer in Serpentine Shaped Microchannel Using Al2O3/Water Nanofluid

An experimental investigation was conducted to explore the maximum heat transfer in a serpentine shaped microchannel by varying the hydraulic diameter, flow rates and with influence of Al₂O₃ nanofluid. Microconvection is an important area in heat transport phenomena. Surface area is one of the important factors in high heat transfer in a microchannel heat exchanger. In this study, serpentine shaped microchannels of hydraulic diameters 810, 830, 860, and 890 μm are analyzed for the optimizing the hydraulic diameter to get enhanced thermal performance of the microchannel. A copper material microchannel having length a of 70 mm is used. Flow rate also varied from 1 lpm (Litres per minute) to 3.5 lpm for optimization with nanofluid as a medium. From numerical study it is observed that as the hydraulic diameter decreases from 890 μm to 810 μm the pressure drop increases with a decrease in hydraulic diameter. Also as heat input to the microchannel increases from 5 watts to 70 watts. From analysis it is observed that the hydraulic diameter of the microchannel is a major factor in microchannel heat transfer which is dependent on flow rate of fluid in the microchannel. The results also show that suspended Al₂O₃ nanoparticles in fluids have enhanced heat transfer when compared to the base fluid.     

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