Introduction of suspended nanoparticles into a base liquid will remarkably enhance energy transport process of the original liquid, which has been proved by a few experiments carried out by many authors. Irregular displacement and random distribution of the suspended nanoparticles as well as the interaction between nanoparticles and the adjacent liquid molecules make the modeling of flow and heat transfer in nanofluids very difficult. In this paper, a Lattice Boltzmann (LB) model for nanofluids has been developed. The external and internal forces, such as buoyancy, gravity, drag and Brownian force, and the mechanical and thermal interactions among the nanoparticles and their impact on the equilibrium velocity have been introduced. Along with a Gauss white noise model for Brownian motion, the double-distribution-function (DDF) approach, which treats temperature as a passive diffusing scalar and simulates it by a density-independent distribution function, was used to simulate free convection in nanofluids. By this model, the possible sedimentation and fluctuation of nanoparticles, and their impacts on the free convection in nanofluids have been observed and studied. A correlation formula for Nusselt number which characterized by properties of nanofluids has been obtained. The comparison of characteristics of natural convections between the nanofluids and its corresponding pure liquid has been done, and the possible mechanisms which enhance the heat transfer of natural convection in nanofluids have been discussed and revealed. This paper was also originally published as part of the Proceedings of the ASME 2005 Pacific Rim Technical Conference and Exhibition on Integration and Packaging of MEMS, NEMS, and Electronic Systems.
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ASME 2005 Summer Heat Transfer Conference collocated with the ASME 2005 Pacific Rim Technical Conference and Exhibition on Integration and Packaging of MEMS, NEMS, and Electronic Systems
July 17–22, 2005
San Francisco, California, USA
Conference Sponsors:
- Heat Transfer Division and Electronic and Photonic Packaging Division
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0-7918-4734-9
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Xuan Wu,
Xuan Wu
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
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Ranganathan Kumar
Ranganathan Kumar
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
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Xuan Wu
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
Ranganathan Kumar
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
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HT2005-72660, pp. 829-836; 8 pages
Published Online:
March 9, 2009
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Wu, X, & Kumar, R. "Investigation of Natural Convection in Nanofluids by Lattice Boltzmann Method." Proceedings of the ASME 2005 Summer Heat Transfer Conference collocated with the ASME 2005 Pacific Rim Technical Conference and Exhibition on Integration and Packaging of MEMS, NEMS, and Electronic Systems. Heat Transfer: Volume 4. San Francisco, California, USA. July 17–22, 2005. pp. 829-836. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/HT2005-72660
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