Natural Convection of Alumina-Distilled Water Nanofluid in Cylindrical Enclosure: An Experimental Study

A. N. Afifah; N. A. Che Sidik

Natural Convection of Alumina-Distilled Water Nanofluid in Cylindrical Enclosure: An Experimental Study

Authors

A. N. Afifah Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
N. A. Che Sidik Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

Keywords:

Nanoparticle , Nanofluid , Natural convection , Thermography

Abstract

Temperature distribution of nanofluids has been investigated experimentally using thermography method and it is shown that suspended small amount of Al2O3 nanoparticles into distilled water were capable of lowering surface temperature of cylindrical enclosure. Also, for low concentration of nanoparticle, homogenising is the most preferable equipment used to produce homogenous and stable nanofluid. However, deterioration result was observed at high volume concentration.

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Published

2015-08-15

How to Cite

A. N. Afifah, & N. A. Che Sidik. (2015). Natural Convection of Alumina-Distilled Water Nanofluid in Cylindrical Enclosure: An Experimental Study. Journal of Advanced Research in Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences, 12(1), 1–10. Retrieved from https://semarakilmu.com.my/journals/index.php/fluid_mechanics_thermal_sciences/article/view/2566