Open AccessNumerical Investigation of wavy channel using several Nanofluids
Author(s) -
Bharat Naik,
Anand K. Hosmani,
Shirish M. Kerur,
Jagadeesh S. Pattanashetti,
Vinayak Ratan,
Chandra Bhushan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/1065/1/012007
Subject(s) - nanofluid , finite volume method , materials science , volume fraction , heat transfer , mechanics , discretization , control volume , momentum (technical analysis) , volume (thermodynamics) , tin , nanoparticle , channel (broadcasting) , fluent , mass transfer , mass fraction , thermodynamics , computer simulation , composite material , computer science , nanotechnology , mathematics , metallurgy , physics , mathematical analysis , computer network , finance , economics
This study investigates the effect of nano-fluids in enhancing heat transfer. These nano-fluids contain nanoparticles (Ag, CuO, Fe, Al 2 O 3 and Tin) in volume fraction ranging between 2%-5%. Two-dimensional numerical simulation has been conducted on wavy channel using ANSYS Fluent. Two dimensional governing equations such as mass, momentum and energy equations are solved using SIMPLE algorithm and discretized using Finite Volume Method. The results show that there will be enhancement of heat transfer rate as the nanoparticle volume concentration increases and from the present study it is clear that silver-water nanofluid gives better results as compared to other nanoparticles.