Enhancement of heat transfer by water–Al2O3 and water–TiO2 nanofluids jet impingement in cooling hot steel surface

Abstract

ABSTRACTTwo different nanofluids, namely water–Al2O3 and water–TiO2, were impinged in the form of jet on hot steel surface to remove high heat flux, and their performance was compared. The dimension of the test steel sample was 120 mm × 120 mm and 4 mm thickness. Four K-type thermocouples were embedded on the bottom surface of the plate to measure the transient temperature distribution. The time-temperature data were recorded by the help of a data acquisition system (make: CHINO, model: KR2000), and the results were analysed by ZAILA application software. Effect of impinging nanofluids with weight concentrations of 0.01%, 0.03%, 0.05% and 0.07% Al2O3 and TiO2 nanoparticles on heat transfer from the hot surface was tested. The surface heat transfer coefficient (HTC) was computed from the time-temperature history recorded during experimentation. Experimental results revealed that addition of nanoparticles to the base fluid (water) surprisingly enhanced the heat transfer rate and HTC as expected. The heat transfer rate increased up to certain limit of nanoparticle concentrations, and then declined. Application of nanofluids for the steel strip cooling was found very effective in terms of heat transfer phenomena as compared to the conventional fluid cooling methods.