Numerical study of heat transfer enhancement of counter nanofluids flow in rectangular microchannel heat exchanger

• Main Authors: Mohammed, H.A., Bhaskaran, G., Shuaib, N.H., Saidur, Rahman
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2011
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General); TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/6695/; http://ac.els-cdn.com/S0749603611001054/1-s2.0-S0749603611001054-main.pdf?_tid=d497be10-4023-11e2-87da-00000aab0f27&acdnat=1354853521_ceede2ac5bb9520c510b8c96dee5c6c9
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

This paper reports a numerical analysis of the performance of a counter-flow rectangular shaped microchannel heat exchanger (MCHE) using nanofluids as the working fluids. Finite volume method was used to solve the three-dimensional steady, laminar developing flow and conjugate heat transfer in alumi...