Nonequilibrium heat conduction in a nanofluid layer with periodic heat flux

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Abstract

Nonequilibrium heat conduction in a nanofluid layer with periodic heat flux on one side and specified temperature on the other side is studied numerically. The energy equations for the nanoparticles and base fluid are nondimensionalized and the problem is described by four dimensionless parameters: heat capacity ratio, volume fraction of nanoparticles, period of surface heat flux, and the Sparrow number. The Sparrow number is to describe the coupling between the energy equations for nanoparticles and base fluid. Nonequilibrium between nanoparticles and base fluid, as well as heat transfer enhancement in nanofluid, of three nanofluids (diamond-water, diamond-ethylene glycol, and copper-ethylene glycol) is investigated. The results showed that the nonequilibrium between the nanoparticles and base fluid exist for all three nanofluids at low Sparrow number and short period of surface heat flux. The results also showed that heat transfer in a liquid layer can be enhanced by adding nanoparticles to the base fluid, but the level of enhancement is not as high as those reported by using transient hot wire (THW) method.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4862-4874
Number of pages13
JournalInternational Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
Volume51
Issue number19-20
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2008

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