Experimental Investigation into the Forced Convective Heat Transfer of Aqueous Fe3O4 Nanofluids under Transition Region
Author(s) -
Jie Ma,
Yinchen Xu,
Wenlie Li,
Jiantao Zhao,
Shuping Zhang,
Sergey Basov
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of nanoparticles
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2314-4858
pISSN - 2314-484X
DOI - 10.1155/2013/601363
Subject(s) - nanofluid , materials science , reynolds number , convective heat transfer , thermodynamics , convection , heat transfer , forced convection , mass transfer , aqueous solution , tube (container) , nanoparticle , nanotechnology , composite material , turbulence , chemistry , physics
The forced convective heat transfer (FCHT) properties of nanofluids, made of Fe3O4 nanomaterials and deionized water, are firstly measured by a self-made forced convective heat transfer apparatus. The nanofluid flows through a horizontal copper tube in the transition region with Reynolds numbers in the range of 2500–5000. Some parameters including Reynolds number, axial distance, and mass concentration are also investigated. The preliminary results are firstly presented that the heat transfer coefficients of Fe3O4 nanofluids systematically decrease with increasing concentration of nanoparticles under transition region which contradicts the initial expectation
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