In:
Environmental Quality Management, Wiley, Vol. 33, No. 1 ( 2023-09), p. 53-59
Abstract:
One of the important components of a car to control the temperature of a car's engine is the radiator. To increase the heat absorption capacity of the coolant/fluid used in the radiator with minimum pumping power, innovative fluids called nanofluids have become the main area of research these days. Therefore, with the development of new technologies in the field of “nano‐materials” and “nano‐fluids,” the physical and chemical properties of coolant/fluid can be improved which in turn improves the radiator and engine efficiency, and reduces radiator weight and size. In this article, the heat transfer by forced convection in nanofluids based on Al 2 O 3 and SiC was studied experimentally and compared to that of base fluid in an automotive radiator. The nanofluid is mixed with ethylene glycol and the fluid is prepared by the sonication method. The nanofluids were prepared by varying the nanomaterials and the amounts of nanomaterials in the base fluid and their heat transfer performance in the radiator was analyzed using ANSYS FLUENT software. Approximately 15% and 12% increase in radiator efficiency by using Al 2 O 3 mixed nanofluid and SiC mixed nanofluid, respectively.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1088-1913
,
1520-6483
Language:
English
Publisher:
Wiley
Publication Date:
2023
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2044656-1
SSG:
3,2
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