CFD Analysis of Heat Transfer Performance of graphene Oxide Nano fluid In Radiators

For Improved performance of an automobile engine, Cooling systems are one of the critical systems that need attention. With increased capacity to carry away large amounts of wasted heat, performance of an engine is increased. Current research on Nano-fluids suggests that they offer higher heat transfer rate compared to that of conventional coolants. Hence this project seeks to investigate the use of hybrid nanofluids in radiators so as to increase its heat transfer performance. Aluminum Oxide and Graphene Oxide based nanoparticles were selected due to the very highthermal conductivity. System Analysis of the radiator was performed by considering a small part of the whole automobile radiator modelled using Solid works. CFD analysis was conducted using ANSYS FLUENT® for the nanofluid defined and the increase in effectiveness was compared to that of conventional coolants. Usage of such nanofluids for a fixed cooling requirement in the future can lead to significant downsizing of the radiator A Comparison between water Aluminum Oxide and Graphene Oxide is done.