Application of a novel conical strip insert to improve the efficacy of water–Ag nanofluid for utilization in thermal systems: a two-phase simulation

R Mashayekhi, E Khodabandeh, M Bahiraei… - Energy Conversion and …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this research, hydrothermal characteristics and energy efficiency of the water–Ag
nanofluid in a circular tube equipped with twisted conical strip inserts are investigated …

An experimental study on heat transfer and pressure drop of water/graphene oxide nanofluid in a copper tube under air cross-flow: applicable as a heat exchanger

R Ranjbarzadeh, AHM Isfahani, M Afrand… - Applied Thermal …, 2017 - Elsevier
The effect of using water/graphene oxide nanofluid as a working fluid on heat transfer and
pressure drop was studied experimentally. For this purpose, subsonic wind tunnel and a …

Computational simulation of air-side heat transfer and pressure drop performance in staggered mannered twisted oval tube bundle operating in crossflow

MS Khan, R Zou, A Yu - International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
With a high demand for reduced energy consumption, twisted oval tube (TWT) heat
exchangers are increasingly convenient for industrial applications. After a comprehensive …

Numerical study to predict optimal configuration of fin and tube compact heat exchanger with various tube shapes and spatial arrangements

M Zeeshan, S Nath, D Bhanja - Energy Conversion and Management, 2017 - Elsevier
The study aims at numerically evaluating the thermal hydraulic performance of fin tube heat
exchangers with circular, oval and flat tubes having inline and staggered arrangement …

Parametric study on heat transfer and pressure drop of twisted oval tube bundle with in line layout

X Li, D Zhu, Y Yin, A Tu, S Liu - International journal of heat and mass …, 2019 - Elsevier
A numerical research is conducted to investigate air side heat transfer and pressure drop
performance of twisted oval tube bundles with in line layout in cross flow. The effects of five …

Sensitivity analysis of nanofluid flow over different flat tubes confined between two parallel plates using Taguchi method and statistical analysis of variance

AM Darbari, MA Alavi, SR Saleh, V Nejati - International Journal of Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this research, the effect of simultaneous use of nanofluids and flat tubes to evaluate the
efficiency of heat exchangers in the fluid flow over tandem tubes between two parallel plates …

CFD simulation of irreversibilities for laminar flow of a power-law nanofluid within a minichannel with chaotic perturbations: An innovative energy-efficient approach

M Bahiraei, K Gharagozloo, M Alighardashi… - Energy Conversion and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The irreversibilities caused by heat transfer and friction for a power-law nanofluid in a
minichannel having chaotic perturbations are examined through calculation of entropy …

Heat transfer analysis of nanofluid based microchannel heat sink

M Zargartalebi, J Azaiez - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2018 - Elsevier
Heat generation in miniature electronic devices is a limiting factor that often adversely affects
device performance. One prominent remedy for this problem is to adopt nanofluid based …

Study on the efficient heat transfer mechanism of microchannel pin-fin arrays under low pumping power

Z Sun, T Wang, B Qian, Y Wang, J Wang… - Applied Thermal …, 2024 - Elsevier
The efficient heat transfer with low pressure loss has long been a critical challenge in the
microchannel heat sinks (MCHS) design. Further study is required for the quantitative …

Heat transfer enhancement from inline and staggered arrays of cylinders in a heat exchanger using alumina–water nanofluid

M Asif, R Chaturvedi, A Dhiman - Journal of …, 2021 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The flow of alumina–water nanofluid across heated circular tubes arranged in inline and
staggered arrays in a heat exchanger has been studied numerically using the finite volume …