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Transient features of natural convection in nanofluid

나노유체 자연대류의 과도 특성

  • Chang, Byong-Hoon (Department of Computer Aided Mechanical Design, Incheon City College)
  • 장병훈 (시립인천전문대학 컴퓨터응용기계설계과)
  • Published : 2009.02.28
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Abstract

This paper reports the experimental study of natural convection heat transfer with $Al_2O_3$-water nanofluid. Experimental apparatus was a cylindrical enclosure with adjustable fluid layer thickness, and the aspect ratio was varied between 10.9 and 30.4. Heat transfer coefficients seemed to have reached a steady value within 30 minutes as the case with pure water. But, decrease in heat transfer coefficient continued for over $1{\sim}2$ hours for inclination angle of $0^{\circ}$, and oscillation in heat transfer was observed for certain inclination angles and aspect ratios for over 10 hours. Oscillation shape and period depended on the aspect ratio and inclination angle. For example, the oscillation period for $0^{\circ}$ was more than twice that for $60^{\circ}$. The maximum Nusselt number occurred at the inclination angle of $30^{\circ}$, and the minimum occurred at $60^{\circ}$ for Rayleigh number less than 1.E5. However the present results were obtained with aggregated nanofluid and would be devoid of generalities.

본 논문에서는 알루미나-물 나노유체를 사용하여 자연대류 실험을 수행하였다. 시험공간은 실린더이며 유체층 두께를 조절하여 종횡비는 10.9부터 30.4까지 변화를 주었다. 열전달계수는 순 물의 자연대류 실험과 비슷하게 30분 이내에 정상상태에 거의 도달한 것같이 보이나 경사도가 $0^{\circ}$인 경우 열전달계수가 $1{\sim}2$시간이상 감소하며 일부 종횡비에서는 열전달계수의 변동현상이 10시간이상 측정되었다. 변동형태와 주기는 종횡비와 각도에 따라 다르며 $0^{\circ}$의 경사도에서는 열전달계수의 변동주기가 $60^{\circ}$의 경사도에 비하여 2배 이상 이였다. Rayleigh 수가 $1.0{\times}10^5$ 보다 작은 경우, 평균 Nusselt 수는 $30^{\circ}$의 경사도에서 가장 높게 나타나며 $60^{\circ}$의 경사도에서 가장 낮게 나타났다. 그러나 본 실험결과도 응집된 상태의 나노유체가 사용되었으므로 일반성을 가지고 있지는 않는다.

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