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Experimental Investigation of Free Convection Heat Transfer from Horizontal Cylinder to Nanofluids

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  • Dorota Sawicka

    (Faculty of Nature and Engineering, J.R. Mayer–Institute for Energy Engineering, City University of Applied Sciences Bremen, Neustadtswall 30, 28199 Bremen, Germany)

  • Janusz T. Cieśliński

    (Faculty of Mechanical and Ship Technology, Institute of Energy, Gdańsk University of Technology, Narutowicza 11/12, 80233 Gdansk, Poland)

  • Slawomir Smolen

    (Faculty of Nature and Engineering, J.R. Mayer–Institute for Energy Engineering, City University of Applied Sciences Bremen, Neustadtswall 30, 28199 Bremen, Germany)

Abstract

The results of free convection heat transfer investigation from a horizontal, uniformly heated tube immersed in a nanofluid are presented. Experiments were performed with five base fluids, i.e., ethylene glycol (EG), distilled water (W) and the mixtures of EG and water with the ratios of 60/40, 50/50, 40/60 by volume, so the Rayleigh (Ra) number range was 3 × 10 4 ≤ Ra ≤ 1.3 × 10 6 and the Prandtl (Pr) number varied from 4.4 to 176. Alumina (Al 2 O 3 ) nanoparticles were tested at the mass concentrations of 0.01, 0.1 and 1%. Enhancement as well as deterioration of heat transfer performance compared to the base fluids were detected depending on the composition of the nanofluid. Based on the experimental results obtained, a correlation equation that describes the dependence of the average Nusselt (Nu) number on the Ra number, Pr number and concentration of nanoparticles is proposed.

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  • Dorota Sawicka & Janusz T. Cieśliński & Slawomir Smolen, 2021. "Experimental Investigation of Free Convection Heat Transfer from Horizontal Cylinder to Nanofluids," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(10), pages 1-14, May.
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