Gazi University Energy Systems Engineering Department, Ankara, Turkey
BibTex Citation Data :
@article{IJRED21777, author = {Adnan Sözen and Ataollah Khanları and Erdem Çiftçi}, title = {Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Nanofluid Usage in a Plate Heat Exchanger for Performance Improvement}, journal = {International Journal of Renewable Energy Development}, volume = {8}, number = {1}, year = {2019}, keywords = {plate heat exchanger; nanofluid; heat transfer enhancement; performance; numerical analysis}, abstract = { Plate heat exchangers, a compact-type heat exchanger, are commonly used heat transfer devices because of their superior characteristics. Their thermal performances are strongly dependent to working fluid circulating inside the system. The influences of nanofluid utilization as the working fluid in a plate heat exchanger was experimentally and numerically analysed in this study. In order to show off the improvement rate in heat transfer, the experiments were performed by using deionized water and TiO2-deionized water nanofluid. The nanofluid was prepared at the rate of 1.5 % as weighted. A surface-active agent, Triton X-100, was also doped into the mixture at the rate of 0.2% of a final concentration to prevent the sedimentation and flocculation of the nanoparticles inside the solution. The experiments were performed in different temperatures as 40°C, 45°C, 50°C and varying cold fluid mass flow rates as 3,4, 5, 6 and 7 lpm. In addition, using the experimental data, a numerical simulation was realized by ANSYS Fluent software. The both results indicate that heat transfer rate in plate heat exchanger can be improved using nanofluid as the working fluid in place of deionized water. The maximum improvement rate in heat transfer was obtained as 11 % in experimental study. It is also seen that experimental and numerical results are in good agreement. ©2019. CBIORE-IJRED. All rights reserved Article History : Received May 18 th 2018; Received in revised form October 17 th 2018; Accepted January 8 th 2019; Available online How to Cite This Article : Sözen, A., Khanlari, A., and Çiftçi, E. (2019) Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Nanofluid Usage in a Plate Heat Exchanger for Performance Improvement. Int. Journal of Renewable Energy Development, 8(1), 27-32. https://doi.org/10.14710/ijred.8.1.27-32 }, pages = {27--32} doi = {10.14710/ijred.8.1.27-32}, url = {https://ejournal.undip.ac.id/index.php/ijred/article/view/21777} }
Refworks Citation Data :
Plate heat exchangers, a compact-type heat exchanger, are commonly used heat transfer devices because of their superior characteristics. Their thermal performances are strongly dependent to working fluid circulating inside the system. The influences of nanofluid utilization as the working fluid in a plate heat exchanger was experimentally and numerically analysed in this study. In order to show off the improvement rate in heat transfer, the experiments were performed by using deionized water and TiO2-deionized water nanofluid. The nanofluid was prepared at the rate of 1.5 % as weighted. A surface-active agent, Triton X-100, was also doped into the mixture at the rate of 0.2% of a final concentration to prevent the sedimentation and flocculation of the nanoparticles inside the solution. The experiments were performed in different temperatures as 40°C, 45°C, 50°C and varying cold fluid mass flow rates as 3,4, 5, 6 and 7 lpm. In addition, using the experimental data, a numerical simulation was realized by ANSYS Fluent software. The both results indicate that heat transfer rate in plate heat exchanger can be improved using nanofluid as the working fluid in place of deionized water. The maximum improvement rate in heat transfer was obtained as 11 % in experimental study. It is also seen that experimental and numerical results are in good agreement.
©2019. CBIORE-IJRED. All rights reserved
Article History: Received May 18th 2018; Received in revised form October 17th 2018; Accepted January 8th 2019; Available online
How to Cite This Article: Sözen, A., Khanlari, A., and Çiftçi, E. (2019) Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Nanofluid Usage in a Plate Heat Exchanger for Performance Improvement. Int. Journal of Renewable Energy Development, 8(1), 27-32.
https://doi.org/10.14710/ijred.8.1.27-32
Article Metrics:
Last update:
Nano-refrigerants and Nano-lubricants
Numerical investigation of thermal performance of single‐walled carbon nanotube nanofluid under turbulent flow conditions
Experimental and numerical analysis of a grooved hybrid photovoltaic-thermal solar drying system
A comprehensive survey on utilization of hybrid nanofluid in plate heat exchanger with various number of plates
Numerical and experimental investigation of alumina-based nanofluid effects on double-pipe heat exchanger thermal performances
Synthesis and characterization of hybrid nanofluids and their usage in different heat exchangers for an improved heat transfer rates: A critical review
Investigating environmental effects of different combi boilers using LPG
Optimisation of double pipe heat exchanger using Al2O3-Cu hybrid nanofluid
Numerical investigation of a plate heat exchanger thermal energy storage system with phase change material
Experimental and numerical study of plate heat exchanger based on topology optimization
Dynamic viscosity modeling of nanofluids with MgO nanoparticles by utilizing intelligent methods
Multiple slips impact in the MHD hybrid nanofluid flow with Cattaneo–Christov heat flux and autocatalytic chemical reaction
Impact of various metal-oxide based nanoparticles and biodiesel blends on the combustion, performance, emission, vibration and noise characteristics of a CI engine
CFD analysis of heat transfer enhancement in a concentric tube counter flow heat exchanger using nanofluids (SiO2/H2O, Al2O3/H2O, CNTs/H2O) and twisted tape turbulators
Thermal analysis of Fe3O4/water nanofluid in spiral and serpentine mini channels by using experimental and theoretical models
EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION ON HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE OF Fe2O3/WATER AND Fe3O4/WATER NANOFLUIDS IN A PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER
Study of Heat Recovery Equipment for Building Applications
Experimental assessment of the influences of liquid-solid-gas fuel blends on DI-CI engine behaviors
SURFACE MODIFICATION OF Fe3O4 NANOPARTICLES FOR PREPARING STABLE WATER-BASED NANOFLUIDS
Experimental investigation of the thermal and hydrodynamic performances of plate-fin heat exchangers (PFHE) using MgO–water nanofluid as an enhanced coolant
Performance analysis of air-to-water binary thermoelectric Peltier cooling systems and determination of optimum arrangement
A review of stability, thermophysical properties and impact of using nanofluids on the performance of refrigeration systems
Experimental investigation of heat transfer characteristics of steam generator with circular-ring turbulators
Investigation of the effects of base fluid type of the nanofluid on heat pipe performance
CFD study on heat transfer and pressure drop of nanofluids (SiO2/H2O, Al2O3/H2O, CNTs/H2O) in a concentric tube heat exchanger
Performance analysis of using CuO-Methanol nanofluid in a hybrid system with concentrated air collector and vacuum tube heat pipe
A simplified LMTD approach to assess the effectiveness of a chevron-type plate heat exchanger
Last update: 2025-07-21 01:06:38
Advanced loop thermosiphon with check valve (ALT/CV): Thermal performance and behavior
Optimization of the effective parameters on ground-source heat pumps for space cooling applications using the Taguchi method
An overview of heat transfer enhancement literature in 2019
Experimental investigation of nanolubricant usage in a cooling system at different nanoparticle concentrations
Thermal performance improvement of the heat pipe by employing dolomite/ethylene glycol nanofluid
Energy, exergy, and environmental (3e) assessments of various refrigerants in the refrigeration systems with internal heat exchanger
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Articles are freely available to both subscribers and the wider public with permitted reuse.
All articles published Open Access will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download. We are continuously working with our author communities to select the best choice of license options: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA). Authors and readers can copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format, as well as remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially, but they must give appropriate credit (cite to the article or content), provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.
International Journal of Renewable Energy Development (ISSN:2252-4940) published by CBIORE is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
