Investigation of rib's height effect on heat transfer and flow parameters of laminar water-Al2O3 nanofluid in a rib-microchannel

• Main Authors: Akbari, O.A., Toghraie, A., Karimipour, A., Safaei, M.R., Goodarzi, M., Alipour, H., Dahari, M.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2016
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery; TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/18169/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amc.2016.05.053

The laminar forced convection heat transfer of water-Al2O3 nanofluids through a horizontal rib-microchannel was studied. The middle section of the down wall of microchannel was at a lower temperature compared to the entrance fluid. Simulations were performed for Reynolds numbers 10 and 100 and nanop...