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http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/9439| Title: | Analysis of Counter-Flow Heat Exchanger using Non-Circular Microchannels Operated on Water-CuO nanofluid |
| Authors: | Sharma, AKR 4th Micro and Nano Flows Conference (MNF2014) |
| Keywords: | Non-circular channel;Micro flow;CuO-water nanofluid;Microchannel heat exchanger;Performance index |
| Issue Date: | 2014 |
| Publisher: | Brunel University London |
| Citation: | 4th Micro and Nano Flows Conference, University College London, UK, 7-10 September 2014, Editors CS König, TG Karayiannis and S. Balabani |
| Series/Report no.: | ID 196 |
| Abstract: | A framework for comparing the performance of non-circular, counter flow, microchannel heat exchanger operated on CuO-water nanofluid is presented. Characterization of heat transfer and fluid flow through various non-circular microchannel geometries and properties of CuO-water nanofluid are derived from literature. Results of pumping power through trapezoidal counter flow MCHE are found to be highly sensitive; results of square and trapezoidal channel with aspect ratio of 0.5 are found to be well on thermal effectiveness point of view. On overall performance scale, the Isosceles-triangular shape is found to best, while trapezoidal shape performs worst. |
| Description: | This paper was presented at the 4th Micro and Nano Flows Conference (MNF2014), which was held at University College, London, UK. The conference was organised by Brunel University and supported by the Italian Union of Thermofluiddynamics, IPEM, the Process Intensification Network, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, the Heat Transfer Society, HEXAG - the Heat Exchange Action Group, and the Energy Institute, ASME Press, LCN London Centre for Nanotechnology, UCL University College London, UCL Engineering, the International NanoScience Community, www.nanopaprika.eu. |
| URI: | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/9439 |
| ISBN: | 978-1-908549-16-7 |
| Appears in Collections: | Brunel Institute for Bioengineering (BIB) The Brunel Collection |
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