Title
Entropy Generation during Turbulent Flow of Zirconia-water and Other Nanofluids in a Square Cross Section Tube with a Constant Heat Flux.
Abstract
The entropy generation based on the second law of thermodynamics is investigated for turbulent forced convection flow of ZrO2-water nanofluid through a square pipe with constant wall heat flux. Effects of different particle concentrations, inlet conditions and particle sizes on entropy generation of ZrO2-water nanofluid are studied. Contributions from frictional and thermal entropy generations are investigated, and the optimal working condition is analyzed. The results show that the optimal volume concentration of nanoparticles to minimize the entropy generation increases when the Reynolds number decreases. It was also found that the thermal entropy generation increases with the increase of nanoparticle size whereas the frictional entropy generation decreases. Finally, the entropy generation of ZrO2-water was compared with that from other nanofluids (including Al2O3, SiO2 and CuO nanoparticles in water). The results showed that the SiO2 provided the highest entropy generation.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.3390/e16116116
ENTROPY
Keywords
Field
DocType
entropy generation,nanofluid,turbulent flow
Forced convection,Thermodynamics,Reynolds number,Heat flux,Thermal,Turbulence,Second law of thermodynamics,Mathematics,Particle,Nanofluid
Journal
Volume
Issue
Citations 
16
11
5
PageRank 
References 
Authors
1.35
0
7