封闭腔内纳米流体自然对流换热的数值模拟

采用数值模拟方式研究充满了纳米流体的封闭腔内的稳态自然对流。重点分析了纳米颗粒的体积分数,Ra数以及不同类型纳米颗粒对自然对流换热特性的影响。数值模拟结果表明:在纯水中加入纳米颗粒可以显著提高基液的自然对流换热特性;对于给定的Ra数下,随着纳米流体的体积分数增大,纳米流体换热效果显著增强;对于给定的体积分数下,随着Ra数增大,纳米流体的换热强度也随之增大,并且换热机理由热传导为主变为热对流为主;通过Ag,Cu,CuO和Al2O3四种纳米颗粒的对流换热效果比较分析得出,金属Ag和Cu纳米颗粒比金属氧化物CuO和Al2O3的纳米颗粒制备的纳米流体的对流换热效果更好。     

纳米流体强化对流换热的实验研究

建立了纳米流体对流换热系数的实验测试系统,利用实验系统测量YCu-H2O纳米流体的对流换热系数,探讨了纳米颗粒质最分数、Re数和轴向比对Cu-水纳米流体对流换热性能的影响.结果表明:Cu-水纳米流体的对流换热系数随纳米粒子质量分数的增人而增人,但其对流换热系数的增加明显低于导热系数的增加.随着雷诺数的增人,纳米流体的对流换热系数基本呈线性提高.纳米流体在实验管进口段的对流换热系数提岛值明显高于流体在充分发展段的提高值.纳米流体的导热系数、粘度和纳米颗粒迁移是影响纳米流体对流换热系数的主要因素.     

封闭腔内MWCNT纳米流体自然对流传热的数值模拟

采用Fluent软件对封闭腔内纳米流体层流自然对流换热进行了数值模拟研究.重点分析了Ra数和纳米颗粒的体积分数对自然对流换热特性的影响.数值模拟结果表明:在机油中添加多壁碳纳米管(MWCNT)粒子并没有提高基液的自然对流传热特性;对于给定的Ra数下,随着纳米颗粒体积分数的增大,纳米流体的传热特性也随之减弱;对于给定的体积分数,随着Ra数的增大,纳米流体的传热特性显著增强,但纳米流体的传热性能比机油的要弱,且在同一体积分数下随着Ra数的增大,传热性能减弱的程度要减小.     

倾斜方腔内纳米流体自然对流的数值研究

对充满Cu-水纳米流体的二维倾斜方腔内的自然对流换热进行了数值研究,研究了纳米颗粒体积份额φ、Ra数和腔体倾角对自然对流换热特性的影响。数值模拟结果表明:在纯水中加入纳米颗粒可以显著提高基液的自然对流换热特性;在一定的腔体倾角φ下,增大Ra均可以强化腔体内的自然对流换热,而且随Ra数的增大,强化效果越强;当Ra=104时,对不同的腔体倾角,纳米流体对换热强度提高的比例大致相当。     

基于Al2O3纳米流体的槽式太阳能热发电集热器传热建模及性能分析

基于计算流体动力学中的有限体积法,研究了Al₂O₃/Syltherm800导热油纳米流体作为传热介质时槽式太阳能热发电集热器的性能,建立了真空管集热器的三维模型,进行了光学模拟和传热数值模拟,并通过实验进行了验证。在非均匀热流密度分布的情况下,研究了进口温度、进口流速等运行参数对采用纳米流体的槽式集热器传热性能的影响规律。结果表明:随着Al₂O₃体积分数的增加,槽式集热器的换热性能及热效率均有所提高;进口温度、进口流速等运行参数对集热器的传热性能影响很大,随着进口温度的上升和进口流速的减小,纳米流体对传热性能的影响程度逐渐增大。     

颗粒亲水性对纳米流体表面张力的影响研究进展

纳米流体作为一种新型换热介质,其表面张力的变化与流体沸腾换热等热物理性质有着密切的联系。纳米流体通常由"两步法"制得,其表面张力受温度、纳米颗粒粒径、纳米颗粒体积分数或质量分数等多方面影响。在前人的研究中,表面张力随流体温度的升高而减小,随纳米颗粒粒径的增加而增大,但表面张力随纳米颗粒体积分数或质量分数的变化情况则不一致。通过总结由不同颗粒与不同基础流体组成的纳米流体表面张力的变化趋势,分析纳米流体表面张力的变化与颗粒亲水性的关系。分析结果表明:亲水型颗粒与疏水型颗粒对纳米流体表面张力的影响恰好相反;亲水型纳米颗粒体积分数或质量分数不同时,其纳米流体表面张力的变化也不相同。     

极低体积分数(Au-H2O)纳米流体导热机理研究

纳米流体热物性的研究作为一门新兴交叉学科一直受到关注,然而至今仍没有理论能够准确解释AuH2O这类体积分数极低的纳米流体导热系数极大增强的现象。因此,在前人理论的基础上,提出一种新的算法模型:利用分形理论模拟纳米颗粒分布来解释团聚物对纳米流体导热系数的影响;利用微对流模型以及颗粒扩散修正因子来还原导热系数的动态项。该算法模型充分考虑了团聚、颗粒分布、布朗运动形成的微对流、温度对颗粒和基液分子布朗运动的影响以及颗粒扩散等因素对纳米流体导热系数的影响,能够准确预测出Au-H2O纳米流体导热系数增强的趋势,理论预测值与绝大部分现有实验数据最大偏差不超过1.5%。研究发现,对这类极低浓度纳米流体而言,温度对其影响大于体积分数和粒径的影响,且呈指数形式增长。     

层流状态下纳米流体的对流传热特性

通过数值模拟的方法研究了层流状态下雷诺数、体积分数、颗粒和基液种类以及颗粒粒径对纳米流体对流传热特性的影响。研究结果表明,纳米流体的对流传热系数明显高于基液,并且与基液和颗粒的性质、颗粒的体积分数及颗粒粒径密切相关。纳米流体的对流传热系数随着颗粒和基液热导率的增加、颗粒体积分数的增加以及颗粒粒径的减小而增大。研究发现,对于一定体积分数的Cu-水纳米流体,在层流状态下对流传热系数的提高程度基本保持一致,与雷诺数大小无关。     

Cu-水纳米流体对流换热特性研究

建立了测量纳米流体流动与对流换热性能的实验系统,探讨了不同pH值、分散剂浓度和纳米粒子质量分数对Cu-水纳米流体对流换热性能的影响。结果表明:pH值对Cu-水纳米流体对流换热系数的影响较小,这个现象启发了我们将纳米流体应用到未来工业中,可以不考虑pH值对纳米流体对流换热性能的影响。分散剂加入量是影响Cu-水纳米流体对流换热系数的重要因素,从分散稳定、导热系数和对流换热系数提高三个方面来考虑,在0.1%Cu-H2O纳米流体中,0.07%十二烷基苯磺酸钠被选为最优化浓度。另外,Cu-水纳米流体的对流换热系数随纳米粒子质量分数的增大而增大,但其对流换热系数的增加明显低于导热系数的增加。     

壁温周期振荡条件下方腔内纳米流体自然对流换热研究

对充满Cu-水纳米流体方腔内的非稳态自然对流换热进行了数值研究。综合研究了不同振荡波形下,纳米颗粒的体积份额和振荡波幅A对自然对流换热的影响。结果表明:在水中添加Cu纳米颗粒可以强化水的自然对流换热;体积份额和振荡波幅A的增大都加强纳米流体自然对流换热,但是不同振荡波形,加强程度不同并提出振荡面积S的概念,即振荡波形与其平均值围成的面积,曲线拟合显示时均努塞尔特数Nu随S增大呈指数曲线上升。     

Free convection of hybrid Al2O3-Cu water nanofluid in a differentially heated porous cavity

Hybrid nanofluids are a new type of enhanced working fluids, engineered with enhanced thermo-physical properties. The hybrid nanofluids profit from the thermo-physical properties of more than one type of nanoparticles. The present study aims to address the free convective heat transfer of the Al₂O₃-Cu water hybrid nanofluid in a cavity filled with a porous medium. Two types of important porous media, glass ball and aluminum metal foam, are considered for the porous matrix. The experimental data show dramatic enhancement in the thermal conductivity and dynamic viscosity of the synthesized hybrid nanofluids, and hence, these thermophysical properties could not be modeled using available models of nanofluids. Thus, the actual available experimental data for the thermal conductivity and the dynamic viscosity of hybrid nanofluids are directly utilized in the present theoretical study. Various comparison with results published previously in the literature are performed and the results are found to be in excellent agreement. In most cases, the average Nusselt number Nu_l is decreasing function of the volume fraction of nanoparticles. The results show the reduction of heat transfer using nanoparticles in porous media. The observed reduction of the heat transfer rate is much higher for hybrid nanofluid compared to the single nanofluid.     

多壁碳纳米管水基纳米流体的对流换热特性

实验研究了纳米粉体浓度、雷诺数Re和热流密度对多壁碳纳米管水基纳米流体(MWNTs/H2O)对流换热性能的影响。纳米粉体浓度分别为0.05 g/L、0.1 g/L、0.2 g/L和0.4 g/L,雷诺数Re为500~900,热流密度为10~20 k W/m2。结果表明:1)纳米流体对流换热系数随着纳米粉体浓度、Re、热流密度的增加而增加。如在Re为631且纳米粉体浓度为0.4 g/L时,纳米流体对流换热系数比基液增大了17.6%;2)纳米流体对流换热系数的提高率明显大于对应的导热系数提高率,当纳米粉体浓度为0.05g/L时,其对流换热系数和导热系数的提高率分别为7.4%和0.15%;3)在Eubank-Proctor方程的基础上,建立了适合于低Re条件下的混和对流换热的实验关联式。     

圆环腔内纳米流体自然对流的数值研究

采用Fluent软件对圆环封闭腔内的Ag-水纳米流体自然对流传热进行数值模拟,着重分析在不同瑞利数下Ag纳米颗粒的添加量和圆环内外壁半径比对圆环传热性能的影响.研究结果表明,随着瑞利数的增加,圆环间的换热强度不断加剧,换热由热传导逐渐向对流转变.添加纳米颗粒降低了换热性能,且随着颗粒浓度的增加换热效果不断恶化;同时,圆环半径比对换热有很大的影响,对一定的瑞利数而言随着半径比的减小,换热性能逐渐增强,且增大的趋势越来越显著.     

应用二氧化钛纳米流体提高冷却壁换热能力的实验研究

着重研究了纳米流体在的小型冷却壁内流动时强化换热能力，分别测试了不同浓度的纳米流体在热交换装置内Nu准数，以及纳米流体随着Re数的变化情况，结果显示加入纳米颗粒后，流体的换热系数得到了明显的提高，且纳米流体的强化对流换热系数随着颗粒浓度的增加以及在管内流动的Re数增加而增加。     

Natural convective heat transfer of suspensions of titanium dioxide nanoparticles (nanofluids)

This paper reports an experimental study on the natural convective heat transfer of nanofluids, an area in which little work has been carried out in the past. Aqueous-based titanium-dioxide nanofluids of various concentrations are formulated by using the two-step method and a high shear homogenizer is used to break large aggregates. Instead of the use of dispersant and/or surfactant, the electrostatic repulsion mechanism is adopted to stabilize nanoparticles. The resulting nanofluids are found to be very stable, although the actual measured particle size is much larger than the primary nanoparticle size. The stable nanofluids are then used for both the transient and steady-state heat transfer experiments under natural convection conditions. The results show that the presence of nanoparticles systematically decreases the natural convective heat transfer coefficient under the conditions of this study, which is an observation that contrasts with the previous expectation. Discussion of the results suggests that changes in the nanofluids' thermal conductivity and viscosity could not explain the observed decrease in the heat transfer coefficient, and particle-surface interactions may play an important role.     

Al2O3纳米粉体悬浮液热物性实验研究

分别采用瞬态热线法、比较量热法和旋转粘度计测试了不同温度、粒子浓度和粒径下的Al2O3-DW（蒸馏水）纳米流体的导热系数、比热容、粘度等热物性参数。试验结果表明,粒子浓度、粒径和温度都是影响Al2O3-DW纳米流体热物性参数的重要因素。与水相比,纳米流体导热系数和粘度增加,常温4％体积份额下增幅分别为21．5％和52．3％;纳米流体比热容随着粒子体积份额增加而降低,并推导出了常温下低浓度纳米流体比热容的预测公式。     

Investigation of turbulent heat transfer and nanofluid flow in a double pipe heat exchanger

In present study, heat transfer and turbulent flow of water/alumina nanofluid in a parallel as well as counter flow double pipe heat exchanger have been investigated. The governing equations have been solved using an in-house FORTRAN code, based on finite volume method. Single-phase and standard k-ε models have been used for nanofluid and turbulent modeling, respectively. The internal fluid has been considered as hot fluid (nanofluid) and the external fluid, cold fluid (base fluid). The effects of nanoparticles volume fraction, flow direction and Reynolds number on base fluid, nanofluid and wall temperatures, thermal efficiency, Nusselt number and convection heat transfer coefficient have been studied. The results indicated that increasing the nanoparticles volume fraction or Reynolds number causes enhancement of Nusselt number and convection heat transfer coefficient. Maximum rate of average Nusselt number and thermal efficiency enhancement are 32.7% and 30%, respectively. Also, by nanoparticles volume fraction increment, the outlet temperature of fluid and wall temperature increase. Study the minimum temperature in the solid wall of heat exchangers, it can be observed that the minimum temperature in counter flow has significantly reduced, compared to parallel flow. However, by increasing Reynolds number, the slope of thermal efficiency enhancement of heat exchanger gradually tends to a constant amount. This behavior is more obvious in parallel flow heat exchangers. Therefore, using of counter flow heat exchangers is recommended in higher Reynolds numbers.