Recent studies of single-phase convective heat transfer of nanofluids reveal that, unlike the promising hypohesis in the early works, there is no significant improvement in the overall thermal performance of nanofluids over that of the base fluids when both heat transfer and hydrodynamic characteristics are considered. Meanwhile, very few studies have been devoted to investigating two-phase heat transfer of nanofluids, and it remains inconclusive whether the same pessimistic outlook should be expected. In this work, an experimental study of forced convective flow boiling and two-phase flow was conducted for Al2O3-water nanofluids through a minichannel. General flow boiling heat transfer characteristics were measured, and the effects of nanofluids on the onset of nucleate boiling (ONB) were studied. Two-phase flow instabilities were also explored with an emphasis on the transition boundaries of onset of flow instabilities (OFI). It was found that the presence of nanoparticles delays ONB and suppresses OFI, and the extent is correlated to the nanoparticle volume concentration. These effects were attributed to the change of surface wettability and the thinning of thermal boundary layer in the nanofluid flow. Additionally, it was observed that the pressure-drop type flow instability prevails in nanofluid two-phase flow, however, the oscillation amplitudes of the pressure, temperature and mass flux measurements are reduced.
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ASME 2013 Heat Transfer Summer Conference collocated with the ASME 2013 7th International Conference on Energy Sustainability and the ASME 2013 11th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology
July 14–19, 2013
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Conference Sponsors:
- Heat Transfer Division
ISBN:
978-0-7918-5548-5
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Flow Boiling Heat Transfer and Two-Phase Flow Instability of Nanofluids in a Minichannel
Leyuan Yu
University of Houston, Houston, TX
Dong Liu
University of Houston, Houston, TX
Paper No:
HT2013-17154, V002T07A015; 10 pages
Published Online:
December 21, 2013
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Yu, L, & Liu, D. "Flow Boiling Heat Transfer and Two-Phase Flow Instability of Nanofluids in a Minichannel." Proceedings of the ASME 2013 Heat Transfer Summer Conference collocated with the ASME 2013 7th International Conference on Energy Sustainability and the ASME 2013 11th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology. Volume 2: Heat Transfer Enhancement for Practical Applications; Heat and Mass Transfer in Fire and Combustion; Heat Transfer in Multiphase Systems; Heat and Mass Transfer in Biotechnology. Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. July 14–19, 2013. V002T07A015. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/HT2013-17154
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