Author:
Nasr Abdelaziz,Al-Ghamdi Abdulmajeed S.
Abstract
Liquid nanofilm is used in industrial applications, such as heat exchangers, water desalination systems, heat pumps, distillation systems, cooling systems, and complex engineering systems. The present work focuses on the numerical investigation of the condensation of falling liquid film containing different types of nanoparticles with a low-volume fraction. The nanofluid film falls inside a heat exchanger by mixed convection. The heat exchanger is composed of two parallel vertical plates. One of the plates is wetted and heated, while the other plate is isothermal and dry. The effect of the dispersion of the Cu or Al nanoparticles in the liquid on the heat exchange, mass exchange, and condensation process was analysed. The results showed that the heat transfer was enhanced by the dispersion of the nanoparticles in the water. The copper–water nanofluid presented the highest efficiency compared to the aluminium–water nanofluid and to the basic fluid (pure water) in terms of the heat and mass exchange.
Subject
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes,Computer Science Applications,Process Chemistry and Technology,General Engineering,Instrumentation,General Materials Science
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