Heat transfer enhancement in a triangular duct using compound nanofluids and turbulators

• Main Authors: Ahmed, Hamdi E., Ahmed, Mirghani Ishak, Yusoff, Mohd Zamri
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2015
• Subjects: T351 Mechanical drawing. Engineering graphics; TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery; TJ181 Mechanical movements; TJ210.2 Mechanical devices and figures. Automata. Ingenious mechanism. Robots (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/49866/1/49866_Heat_transfer_enhancement_in_a_triangular_duct_using_compound_nanofluids_and_turbulators.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/49866/2/49866-WOS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/49866/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359431115007589

Numerical and experimental investigation is carried out to study the laminar heat transfer and fluid flow characteristics in an equilateral triangular duct using combined vortex generator and nanofluids. Two different types of nanoparticles "namely Al2O3 and SiO2" suspended in distilled wa...