Experimental Investigation of Thermal Performance of Horizontal Heat Pipe Having Sintered Wick using Nanofluid |
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| Abhinav Rao , jabalpur engineering college jabalpur |
Keywords: |
| Heat Pipe, Thermal Performance, Al2O3 Nanoparticles, Sintered Wick |
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This paper presents the experimental investigation of the thermal performance of heat pipe charged with Al2O3 nano particles. Al2O3/water nanofluid served as the working fluid with three concentrations by volume as 1g/l, 5g/l and 10g/l in heat pipe. This heat pipe consists of a straight aluminum tube with outer diameter 18mm, thickness 3mm and length 475mm. This heat pipe also consist a sintered porous wick made up of aluminum of 1mm thickness. This paper presents a detailed discussion on the effect of various performing parameters by different temperature inputs as well as fluid concentrations as mentioned above. The nanoparticles have observed considerable effect on the enhancement of thermal performance of heat pipe by increasing fluid concentration as well as different temperature inputs. |
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Paper ID: IJSRDV3I60273 Published in: Volume : 3, Issue : 6 Publication Date: 01/09/2015 Page(s): 593-597 |
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