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Comparative study of heat transfer and pressure drop in turbulent flow of a singular and hybrid nanofluids into a horizontal pipe

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Convection heat transfer and pressure drop of singular nanofluids (SNFs) including CuO/water, CaCO3/water, SiO2/water, binary hybrid nanofluids (BHNFs) containing CaCO3/SiO2/water and ternary hybrid nanofluids (THNFs) comprising CuO/CaCO3/SiO2/water through horizontal circular pipe under turbulent flow regime were studied, experimentally. Experimental results elucidated that the addition of nano-CaCO3 and nano-SiO2 particles to the base liquid enhanced heat transfer rate and reduced pressure drop, significantly. The uppermost augmentation in heat transfer coefficient (HTC) detected in THNFs (with 60:30:10 volume fractions) and the lowest enhancement in pressure drop belonged to CuO/CaCO3/SiO2/water THNFs (with 60:30:10 volume fractions, respectively). In addition, maximum enhancement in HTC obtained as 72% and pressure drop decreased as 48%. So, the flow resistance of the nanofluids reduced considerably relative to distilled water (DW). HTCs of supplied nanofluids were compared with some theoretical correlations.

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Abbreviations

A :

Tube cross-sectional area (m2)

C p :

Specific heat capacity (Jg−1k−1)

h :

Heat transfer coefficient

\(K\) :

Thermal conductivity (Wm−1 k−1)

L :

Tube length (m)

Nu:

Nusselt number

Pr:

Prandtl number

Re:

Reynolds number

\(T\) :

Temperature (°C)

u :

Average fluid velocity (ms−1)

\(\rho\) :

Density (g cm−3)

φ :

Volume fraction

μ :

Dynamic viscosity (Pa s)

bf:

Base fluid

nf:

Nanofluid

np:

Nanoparticle

w :

Wall

b :

Bulk

DW:

Distilled water

SDS:

Sodium dodecyl sulfate

THNFs:

Ternary hybrid nanofluids

DHNFs:

Dual hybrid nanofluids

exp:

Experimental

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Mousavi, M., Darvishi, P. & Pouranfard, A. Comparative study of heat transfer and pressure drop in turbulent flow of a singular and hybrid nanofluids into a horizontal pipe. J Therm Anal Calorim 148, 14375–14384 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-023-12570-x

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