Finned tube performance evaluation with nanofluids and conventional heat transfer fluids

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• 作者：Roy Str ; berg ; Debendra K. Das
• 关键词：Nanofluids ; Ethylene glycol ; Finned tube ; Heating capacity ; Natural convection ; Particle concentration ; Hydronic system ; Temperature dependency
• 刊名：International Journal of Thermal Sciences
• 出版年：2010
• 出版时间：March 2010
• 年：2010
• 卷：49
• 期：3
• 页码：580-588
• 全文大小：559 K

文摘

The performance of hydronic finned-tube heating units with nanofluids is compared to their performance with a conventional heat transfer fluid comprised of 60 % ethylene glycol and 40 % water, by mass (60 % EG) using a mathematical model. The nanofluids modeled are comprised of either CuO or Al₂O₃ nanoparticles dispersed in the 60 % EG solution. The finned tube configuration modeled is similar to that commonly found in building heating systems. The model employs correlations for nanoparticle thermophysical properties and heat transfer that have been previously documented in the literature. The analyses indicate that finned tube heating performance is enhanced by employing nanofluids as a heat transfer medium. The model predicts an 11.6 % increase in finned-tube heating output under certain conditions with the 4 % Al₂O₃/60 % EG nanofluid and an 8.7 % increase with the 4 % CuO/60 % EG nanofluid compared to heating output with the base fluid. The model predicts that pumping power required for a given heating output with a given finned tube geometry is reduced with both the Al₂O₃/60 % EG and the CuO/60 % EG nanofluids compared to the base fluid. The finned tube with 4 % Al₂O₃/60 % EG has the lowest liquid pumping power at a given heating output of all the fluids modeled.