Abstract
In this paper, mixing of laminar non-Newtonian nanofluid flow in a two dimensional microchannels is numerically investigated. The governing equations are discretized using the finite volume approach. The selected non-Newtonian nanofluid is an aqueous solution of 0.5wt% carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) with 10nm diameter TiO2 nanoparticles. The nanofluid as well as the base fluid exhibit pseudoplastic behavior. In the current study, new correlations for the power-law index, the consistency index and the thermal conductivity of the nanofluid as a function of temperature and volume fraction are presented. Furthermore, the significance of the viscous dissipation term on the nanofluid behavior is studied. The results showed that adding nanoparticles to the non-Newtonian fluid intensifies its non-Newtonian treatment. For the mixing process and diffusing the wall temperature into the fluid, a low Reynolds number and high volume fraction is promising, the same condition is also favorable from the “Thermal Performance Factor” study.
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