Investigation of Thermophysical Properties of Nanofluids and Effects of MHD

Abstract

Heat transfer through a fluid; It is an important parameter in many engineering fields such as heat exchangers, solar collectors, refrigerators, automobiles, cooling of electronic devices, power plants. The increasing demand for energy has made it necessary to use energy more efficiently. For this purpose, it is necessary to design compact, low-cost systems with high thermal conductivity and high-performance heat transfer fluids.

Researchers for the use of nanofluids as advanced heat transfer fluid compared to conventional fluids used in heat transfer applications have been aimed at improving the thermophysical properties of nanofluids on magneto fields. Therefore, many parameters such as the size, concentration, shape, base fluid, pH effect and operating temperature of the nano particles used were examined.In this study, information is given about the studies in the literature related to magneto hydrodynamic and the effects of thermophysical properties of the nanofluids on heat and flow characteristics are exemplified by a numerical study.

Keywords: Heat transfer, nanofluid, thermophysical properties, heat exchanger, CFD, MHD

DOI: 10.7176/JETP/9-4-03

Publication date: April 30^th 2019