Effect of magnetic field on laminar forced convective heat transfer of MWCNT–Fe3O4/water hybrid nanofluid in a heated tube

A numerical investigation is carried out to assess the hydrothermal performance of a water-based hybrid nanofluid containing both Fe 3 O 4 (magnetite) nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in a heated tube in the presence of a constant non-uniform magnetic field. The magnetic field is created by...

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Published in:Journal of thermal analysis and calorimetry 2019-09, Vol.137 (5), p.1809-1825
Main Authors: Alsarraf, Jalal, Rahmani, Reza, Shahsavar, Amin, Afrand, Masoud, Wongwises, Somchai, Tran, Minh Duc
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analytical Chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry and Materials Science
Convective heat transfer
Data acquisition
Field strength
Fluid flow
Inorganic Chemistry
Iron oxides
Laminar heat transfer
Magnetic fields
Magnetism
Magnetite
Measurement Science and Instrumentation
Multi wall carbon nanotubes
Nanofluids
Nanoparticles
Nonuniform magnetic fields
Nusselt number
Permanent magnets
Physical Chemistry
Polymer Sciences
Pressure drop
Reynolds number
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Summary:A numerical investigation is carried out to assess the hydrothermal performance of a water-based hybrid nanofluid containing both Fe 3 O 4 (magnetite) nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in a heated tube in the presence of a constant non-uniform magnetic field. The magnetic field is created by three pairs of permanent magnets. The effects of Reynolds number, magnetite, and CNT volume concentrations as well as magnetic field strength are investigated. The acquired data for the case of without magnetic field confirmed higher values of heat transfer and pressure drop as a result of utilizing nanofluid compared with water. Additionally, it was found that the Nusselt number and pressure drop of the studied nanofluid samples increase significantly under the magnetic field. Moreover, the influence of magnetic field increases with an increase in the nanoparticle concentrations and magnetic field strength and decrease in the Reynolds number. The maximum increments of 109.31% and 25.02% in comparison with the case of without field were obtained in the average Nusselt number and pressure drop for hybrid nanofluid containing 0.9% magnetite and 1.35% CNT at Reynolds number of 500.
ISSN:1388-6150
1588-2926
DOI:10.1007/s10973-019-08078-y