Journal
CMES-COMPUTER MODELING IN ENGINEERING & SCIENCES
Volume 126, Issue 3, Pages 855-889Publisher
TECH SCIENCE PRESS
DOI: 10.32604/cmes.2021.014524
Keywords
Channel heat exchanger; forced-convection; Oil; MWCNT nanofluid; CFD; vortex generators
Funding
- Natural Science Foundation of China [61673169, 11301127, 11701176, 11626101, 11601485]
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The aim of the study is to improve the efficiency of channel heat exchangers by changing their internal geometry and using Oil/MWCNT nanofluid. The computational results show that increasing the Oil/MWCNT rates in the presence of VGs generates negative turbulent velocities, promoting the agitation of nanofluid particles and enhancing heat transfer rates within the CHE.
Re-engineering the channel heat exchangers (CHEs) is the goal of many recent studies, due to their great importance in the scope of energy transport in various industrial and environmental fields. Changing the internal geometry of the CHEs by using extended surfaces, i.e., VGs (vortex generators), is the most common technique to enhance the efficiency of heat exchangers. This work aims to develop a newdesign of solar collectors to improve the overall energy efficiency. The study presents a new channel design by introducing VGs. The FVM (finite volume method) was adopted as a numerical technique to solve the problem, with the use ofOil/MWCNT(oil/multi-walled carbon nano-tubes) nanofluid to raise the thermal conductivity of the flow field. The study is achieved for a Re number ranging from12x10(3) to 27x10(3), while the concentration (phi) of solid particles in the fluid (Oil) is set to 4%. The computational results showed that the hydrothermal characteristics depend strongly on the flow patterns with the presence of VGs within the CHE. Increasing the Oil/MWCNT rates with the presence of VGs generates negative turbulent velocities with high amounts, which promotes the good agitation of nanofluid particles, resulting in enhanced great transfer rates.
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