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Numerical Analysis of Heat Transfer Enhancement Due to Nanoparticles under the Magnetic Field in a Solar-Driven Hydrothermal Pretreatment System

Journal

PROCESSES
Volume 10, Issue 12, Pages -

Publisher

MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/pr10122649

Keywords

nanofluids; heat transfer enhancement; magnetic field; microalgae; numerical simulation

Funding

  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China, NSFC [11702061]
  2. Thirteenth Five-Year Science and Technology Project of the Education Department of Jilin Province [JJKH20180437KJ]

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The effects of magnetic fields on the flow and heat transfer of nanofluids were investigated, and it was found that applying a magnetic field can increase the heat transfer coefficients of Cu-H2O nanofluids. Moreover, both the heat transfer coefficients and the Nusselt numbers increase with the increment of magnetic field intensities.
Solar-driven hydrothermal pretreatment is an efficient approach for the pretreatment of microalgae biomass for biofuel production. In order to enhance the heat transfer, the magnetic fields effects on flow and heat transfer of nanofluids were investigated in a three-dimensional circular pipe. The magnetic fields were applied in different directions and magnetic field intensities to the flow. In this paper, Finite Volume Method was used to simulate flow and heat transfer of nanofluids under a magnetic field, and the Discrete Phase Model was selected to calculate two-phase flow, which was water mixed with metal nanoparticles. The research was also carried out with the various physical properties of nanoparticles, including the volume share of nanoparticles, particle diameter, and particle types. When the magnetic fields were applied along the X, Y, and Z directions and the intensity of magnetic fields was 0.5 T, the heat transfer coefficients of Cu-H2O nanofluids flow were increased evenly by 9.17%, 10.28%, and 10.32%, respectively. When the magnetic field was applied, the heat transfer coefficients and the Nusselt numbers were both increased with the increment of intensities of the magnetic field.

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