Convective heat transfer of titanium (IV) oxide nanofluids under turbulent flow condition

Budi Kristiawan, Samsul Kamal, Suhanan, Yanuar

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

10 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

This study has experimentally investigated the flow behavior and convective heat transfer coefficient of TiO2/distilled water nanofluids flowing inside a horizontal circular tube at turbulent regime under a uniform heat flux boundary condition. Anatase titanium (IV) oxide nanoparticles of average size approximately 21 nm dispersed into distilled water with volume fraction range from 0.1 to 0.5 vol.% were used as nanofluids. The observed nanofluids were assumed as time-independent non-Newtonian fluid with their specific values of power law index and consistency coefficient. A new correlation involving the microconvection and microdiffusion effects was proposed to predict Nusselt number. As nanofluid samples behave the non-Newtonian fluid, the drag reduction phenomenon should be theoretically exhibited in turbulent flow regime. This drag reduction phenomenon might be one of the important factors that was responsible on the improvement of heat transfer performance in nanofluids aside from the established heat transfer enhancement mechanisms.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4385-4395
Number of pages11
JournalARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Volume10
Issue number10
Publication statusPublished - 2015

Keywords

  • Convective heat transfer
  • Drag reduction
  • Nanofluids
  • Non-newtonian
  • Titania

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Convective heat transfer of titanium (IV) oxide nanofluids under turbulent flow condition'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this