Heat Transfer Across Nanoparticle–Liquid Interfaces

2016 ◽  
Vol 138 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anjan R. Nair ◽  
Sarith P. Sathian

A better understanding of submicron-scale heat transfer is rapidly gaining interest due to the complex phenomena involved in nanometer scales. We discuss the role of interfacial resistance, in particular that of curvature effects, and the possibility of achieving high temperatures inside the particles without creating a phase transition in the surrounding fluid. The heat transfer from a heated nanoparticle into surrounding fluid is studied using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The results show that the particle size and wetting strength between the nanoparticle–liquid influence the heat transfer characteristics. The interfacial conductance and Kapitza length for a model solid–liquid interface were calculated. Both quantities are found to be strongly dependent on particle size and temperature. Smaller nanoparticles are observed to have a stronger bonding with the interfacial fluid when the temperature of the particle is higher, while larger nanoparticles have better affinity with the liquid at lower temperatures.

Author(s):  
Jean-Louis Barrat ◽  
Samy Merabia ◽  
Laurent Joly ◽  
Mihail Vladkov

We present a short review of recent simulation work concerning heat transfer between nanoparticles and a suspending fluid. The role of numerical simulation in understanding such phenomena at a qualitative and quantitative level is emphasized. We discuss in particular the role of interfacial resistance, that of local curvature effects, and the possibility of achieving high temperatures inside the particles without creating a liquid vapor phase transition (boiling) in the surrounding fluid. Our present understanding on nanofluid conductivity from simulation studies is also discussed.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 5086
Author(s):  
Fatih Selimefendigil ◽  
Hakan F. Oztop ◽  
Ali J. Chamkha

Single and double impinging jets heat transfer of non-Newtonian power law nanofluid on a partly curved surface under the inclined magnetic field effects is analyzed with finite element method. The numerical work is performed for various values of Reynolds number (Re, between 100 and 300), Hartmann number (Ha, between 0 and 10), magnetic field inclination (γ, between 0 and 90), curved wall aspect ratio (AR, between 01. and 1.2), power law index (n, between 0.8 and 1.2), nanoparticle volume fraction (ϕ, between 0 and 0.04) and particle size in nm (dp, between 20 and 80). The amount of rise in average Nusselt (Nu) number with Re number depends upon the power law index while the discrepancy between the Newtonian fluid case becomes higher with higher values of power law indices. As compared to case with n = 1, discrepancy in the average Nu number are obtained as −38% and 71.5% for cases with n = 0.8 and n = 1.2. The magnetic field strength and inclination can be used to control the size and number or vortices. As magnetic field is imposed at the higher strength, the average Nu reduces by about 26.6% and 7.5% for single and double jets with n greater than 1 while it increases by about 4.78% and 12.58% with n less than 1. The inclination of magnetic field also plays an important role on the amount of enhancement in the average Nu number for different n values. The aspect ratio of the curved wall affects the flow field slightly while the average Nu variation becomes 5%. Average Nu number increases with higher solid particle volume fraction and with smaller particle size. At the highest particle size, it is increased by about 14%. There is 7% variation in the average Nu number when cases with lowest and highest particle size are compared. Finally, convective heat transfer performance modeling with four inputs and one output is successfully obtained by using Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Interface System (ANFIS) which provides fast and accurate prediction results.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dasith Liyanage ◽  
Suk-Chun Moon ◽  
Ajith S. Jayasekare ◽  
Abheek Basu ◽  
Madeleine Du Toit ◽  
...  

Abstract High-temperature laser-scanning confocal microscopy (HT-LSCM) has proven to be an excellent experimental technique through in-situ observations of high temperature phase transformation to study kinetics and morphology using thin disk steel specimens. A 1.0 kW halogen lamp, within the elliptical cavity of the HT-LSCM furnace radiates heat and imposes a non-linear temperature profile across the radius of the steel sample. This local temperature profile when exposed at the solid/liquid interface determines the kinetics of solidification and phase transformation morphology. A two-dimensional numerical heat transfer model for both isothermal and transient conditions is developed for a concentrically solidifying sample. The model can accommodate solid/liquid interface velocity as an input parameter under concentric solidification with cooling rates up to 100 K/min. The model is validated against a commercial finite element analysis software package, Strand7, and optimized with experimental data obtained under near-to equilibrium conditions. The validated model can then be used to define the temperature landscape under transient heat transfer conditions.


2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Hamed Abedini ◽  
Nesrin Ozalp

Abstract Carbon particles can be used as catalyst in solar reactors where they serve as radiant absorbent and nucleation sites for the heterogeneous decomposition reaction. Unlike commonly used metal catalysts, carbon catalyst does not have durability problem and high cost. However, in order to achieve sustainable catalytic decomposition of feedstock over carbon catalysts at elevated temperatures, the surface area of the carbon particles must be maintained. A subsequent treatment of deactivated carbon samples with CO2 at about 1000 °C would increase the surface and would recover the original activity as catalyst. In a windowed solar reactor, carbon particles are directly exposed to the high flux irradiation providing efficient radiation heat transfer directly to the reaction site. Therefore, one of the key parameters to achieve higher conversion efficiencies in a solar reactor is the presence and transport of carbon particles. In this paper, a transient one-dimensional model is presented to describe effect of carbon particle feeding on energy transport and temperature profile of a cavity-type solar receiver. The model was developed by dividing the receiver into several control volumes and formulating energy balance equations for gas phase, particles, and cavity walls within each control volume. Monte Carlo ray tracing (MCRT) method was used to determine the solar heat absorbed by particles and cavity walls, as well as the radiative exchange between particles and cavity walls. Model accuracy was verified by experimental work using a solar receiver where carbon particles were injected uniformly. Comparison of simulation results with the experimentally measured temperatures at three different locations on cavity receiver wall showed an average deviation of 3.81%. The model was then used to study the effect of carbon particle size and feeding rate on the heat transfer, temperature profile, and energy absorption of the solar receiver. Based on the simulation results, it was found that injection of carbon particles with a size bigger than 500 µm has no significant influence on heat transfer of the system. However, by reducing the particle size lower than 500 µm, temperature uniformity and energy absorption were enhanced.


2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 586-594 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Zhou ◽  
Guiping Lin ◽  
Xueqin Bu ◽  
Lizhan Bai ◽  
Dongsheng Wen

1984 ◽  
Vol 106 (1) ◽  
pp. 142-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. W. Adams ◽  
J. P. Johnston

A mixing-length model is developed for the prediction of turbulent boundary layers with convex streamwise curvature. For large layer thickness ratio, δ/R > 0.05, the model scales mixing length on the wall radius of curvature, R. For small δ/R, ordinary flat wall modeling is used for the mixing-length profile with curvature corrections, following the recommendations of Eide and Johnston [7]. Effects of streamwise change of curvature are considered; a strong lag from equilibrium is required when R increases downstream. Fifteen separate data sets were compared, including both hydrodynamic and heat transfer results. In this paper, six of these computations are presented and compared to experiment.


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