To improve heat transfer properties of turbine oil, TiO 2 nanoparticles were added and a new nanofluid which has not been yet reported in articles was produced. An experimental apparatus was designed and constructed to measure both heat transfer coefficient and pressure drop of flowing nanofluids. Results clearly indicated that adding TiO 2 nanoparticles increased both heat transfer coefficient and pressure drop. A third parameter named performance index was evaluated to determine the possibility of practically using such nanofluid. All the obtained performance indexes were greater than 1 which emphasizes that using the TiO 2 / turbine oil nanofluid with volume concentration less than 0.50% leads to higher quality turbine oil.


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    Title :

    Laminar Convective Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop of TiO 2 / Turbine Oil Nanofluid


    Contributors:

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    Publication date :

    2013-01-17


    Size :

    7 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English