Laminar Forced Convective Heat Transfer Studies in Circular and Non-circular Ducts with Polyacrylamide Additives in Water-based Al2O3 Nanofluid
| dc.contributor.author | Tiong, Angnes Ngieng Tze | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Assoc. Prof. Kumar Perumal | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-05-01T07:03:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-05-01T07:03:24Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/66566 | |
| dc.description.abstract |
Nanofluid enhances heat transfer but with increased pressure drop. Therefore, this research aims to improve the thermal-hydraulic efficiency of Al2O3 nanofluid by adding polyacrylamide additives. Polyacrylamide additives help to further enhance the heat transfer of nanofluid, thus improving the efficiency in the non-circular ducts. The optimum concentration is found to be 50 ppm polyacrylamide in 4% nanofluid. Besides, Nusselt number and friction factor correlations are also proposed for this new hybrid fluid in pipe flow. | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Curtin University | en_US |
| dc.title | Laminar Forced Convective Heat Transfer Studies in Circular and Non-circular Ducts with Polyacrylamide Additives in Water-based Al2O3 Nanofluid | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dcterms.educationLevel | PhD | |
| curtin.department | Chemical Engineering | en_US |
| curtin.accessStatus | Open access | en_US |
| curtin.faculty | Engineering and Science (Sarawak) | en_US |