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INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS IN HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER
Volume 101, Issue -, Pages 1-9Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2018.12.016
Keywords
Turbulent flow; Symmetry trapezoidal-corrugated channel; Height -to-width ratio; Pitch-to-length ratio; Nanofluids; Finite volume method
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- Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia [FRGS 1589]
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Enhancing the geometrical parameters design of thermal devices leads to promote the thermal performance and boost design plan of these devices and make it more compact. In the current study, heat transfer and flow characteristics of the symmetry trapezoidal-corrugated channel with silicon dioxide (SiO2) - water as nanofluid was performed numerically over Reynolds number ranges of 10,000-30,000. The influence of geometrical parameters including height-to-width ratio (h/W) and pitch-to-length ratio (p/L) on the thermal and hydraulic characteristics are evaluated. A numerical simulation covers nanofluid with SiO2 volume fractions 8% and carried out by employing the finite volume method (FVM) and SIMPLE algorithm for discretization of the governing equations and coupling of the pressure-velocity system while the k - epsilon turbulence model was employed to compute the turbulent flow. The outcomes revealed that the (h/W) ratio has a more influence on the promotion of heat transfer compared with the (p/L) ratio. At Reynolds number 30000, there is 16.63% increment in Nu(av) due to a decrease of the (p/L) ratio from 0.175 to 0.075, while the increment about 99.45% due to an increase of the (h/W) ratio from 0.0 to 0.05. The numerical results indicate that the h/W of 0.05 with a p/L of 0.075 are the optimum parameters and have shown significant improvement in thermal performance factor. Furthermore, new correlations for Nusselt number and friction factor are developed and reported.
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