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Heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of a plate heat exchanger using water based Al2O3 nanofluid for 30° and 60° chevron angles

Nanofluid is a new class of engineering fluid that has good heat transfer characteristics which is essential to increase the heat transfer performance in various engineering applications such as heat exchangers and cooling of electronics. In this study, experiments were conducted to compare the heat...

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Main Authors: Elias, M. M, Saidur Rahman, *, Ben-Mansour, R, Hepbasli, A, Rahim, N. A, Kaur, Jesbains *
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spelling my.sunway.eprints.8952019-04-30T08:57:19Z http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/895/ Heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of a plate heat exchanger using water based Al2O3 nanofluid for 30° and 60° chevron angles Elias, M. M Saidur Rahman, * Ben-Mansour, R Hepbasli, A Rahim, N. A Kaur, Jesbains * QC Physics Nanofluid is a new class of engineering fluid that has good heat transfer characteristics which is essential to increase the heat transfer performance in various engineering applications such as heat exchangers and cooling of electronics. In this study, experiments were conducted to compare the heat transfer performance and pressure drop characteristics in a plate heat exchanger (PHE) for 30° and 60° chevron angles using water based Al2O3 nanofluid at the concentrations from 0 to 0.5 vol.% for different Reynolds numbers. The thermo-physical properties has been determined and presented in this paper. At 0.5 vol% concentration, the maximum heat transfer coefficient, the overall heat transfer coefficient and the heat transfer rate for 60° chevron angle have attained a higher percentage of 15.14%, 7.8% and 15.4%, respectively in comparison with the base fluid. Consequently, when the volume concentration or Reynolds number increases, the heat transfer coefficient and the overall heat transfer coefficient as well as the heat transfer rate of the PHE (Plate Heat Exchangers) increases respectively. Similarly, the pressure drop increases with the volume concentration. 60° chevron angle showed better performance in comparison with 30° chevron angle. Springer Verlag 2018-04-04 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_4 http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/895/1/jesbains%20kaur%20Heat%20transfer%20and%20pressure.pdf Elias, M. M and Saidur Rahman, * and Ben-Mansour, R and Hepbasli, A and Rahim, N. A and Kaur, Jesbains * (2018) Heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of a plate heat exchanger using water based Al2O3 nanofluid for 30° and 60° chevron angles. Heat and Mass Transfer. ISSN 0947-7411
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Elias, M. M
Saidur Rahman, *
Ben-Mansour, R
Hepbasli, A
Rahim, N. A
Kaur, Jesbains *
Heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of a plate heat exchanger using water based Al2O3 nanofluid for 30° and 60° chevron angles
description Nanofluid is a new class of engineering fluid that has good heat transfer characteristics which is essential to increase the heat transfer performance in various engineering applications such as heat exchangers and cooling of electronics. In this study, experiments were conducted to compare the heat transfer performance and pressure drop characteristics in a plate heat exchanger (PHE) for 30° and 60° chevron angles using water based Al2O3 nanofluid at the concentrations from 0 to 0.5 vol.% for different Reynolds numbers. The thermo-physical properties has been determined and presented in this paper. At 0.5 vol% concentration, the maximum heat transfer coefficient, the overall heat transfer coefficient and the heat transfer rate for 60° chevron angle have attained a higher percentage of 15.14%, 7.8% and 15.4%, respectively in comparison with the base fluid. Consequently, when the volume concentration or Reynolds number increases, the heat transfer coefficient and the overall heat transfer coefficient as well as the heat transfer rate of the PHE (Plate Heat Exchangers) increases respectively. Similarly, the pressure drop increases with the volume concentration. 60° chevron angle showed better performance in comparison with 30° chevron angle.
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author Elias, M. M
Saidur Rahman, *
Ben-Mansour, R
Hepbasli, A
Rahim, N. A
Kaur, Jesbains *
author_facet Elias, M. M
Saidur Rahman, *
Ben-Mansour, R
Hepbasli, A
Rahim, N. A
Kaur, Jesbains *
author_sort Elias, M. M
title Heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of a plate heat exchanger using water based Al2O3 nanofluid for 30° and 60° chevron angles
title_short Heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of a plate heat exchanger using water based Al2O3 nanofluid for 30° and 60° chevron angles
title_full Heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of a plate heat exchanger using water based Al2O3 nanofluid for 30° and 60° chevron angles
title_fullStr Heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of a plate heat exchanger using water based Al2O3 nanofluid for 30° and 60° chevron angles
title_full_unstemmed Heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of a plate heat exchanger using water based Al2O3 nanofluid for 30° and 60° chevron angles
title_sort heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of a plate heat exchanger using water based al2o3 nanofluid for 30° and 60° chevron angles
publisher Springer Verlag
publishDate 2018
url http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/895/1/jesbains%20kaur%20Heat%20transfer%20and%20pressure.pdf
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