Field-synergy and nanoparticle’s diameter analysis on circular jet impingement using three oxide–water-based nanofluids

Abstract

The field synergy study is carried out using three oxide nanofluids impinging circular jet on the horizontal circular disc to analyse the synergetic interaction of cooling processes between temperature and flows fields. The h eat transfer effect o f the nanofluid is examined by rising the Reynolds number and the nanoparticle concentration depending on field synergy number. For jet impinged cooling process, the scale of synergy between the nanofluid flow speed and temperature is decayed with the increase of Reynolds number. Hence, it is contributed to a lower heat transfer efficiency of the nanofluid. Whe reas, the scale of synergy between the nanofluid flow speed and temperature can be enhanced by rising the particle concentration. Thus, the heat transfer efficiency of the nanofluid is increased. Analysis showed that Al2O3 nanofluid has the maximum relative field synergy among selected three oxide nanofluids. It is evident that the nanoparticle concentration, nanoparticle material and Reynolds number have significant effect on the heat transfer augmentation. In addition, the study is explored by varying jet-disk spacing. Moreover, the investigation has shown that the reducing heat transfer effect for the materials is Al2O3, CuO and TiO2 subsequently. It is revealed that the heat enhancement is higher for smaller nanoparticle’s diameter (i.e., 20 nm) than bigger nanoparticle’s diameter (i.e., 80 nm) of the same material.