Effect of functionalized MWCNTs/water nanofluids on thermal resistance and pressure fluctuation characteristics in oscillating heat pipe
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2013
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Tanshen, R.
Batmunkh, M.
Nine, M.
Chung, H.
Jeong, H.
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International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 2013; 48:93-98
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Md. Riyad Tanshen, B. Munkhbayar, Md. J. Nine, Hanshik Chung, Hyomin Jeong
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An influence of multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) based aqueous nanofluids with different concentrations on the heat transport and the relevant pressure distribution in oscillating heat pipe (OHP) has been investigated. The present paper describes the heat transfer phenomena in terms of thermal resistance, pressure and frequency of pressure fluctuation in multi-loop oscillating heat pipe (OHP) charged by aqueous nanofluids with MWCNT loadings of 0.05 wt.%, 0.1 wt.%, 0.2 wt.% and 0.3 wt.%. The multi-loop OHP with 3 mm inner diameter has been conducted in the experiment at 60% filling ratio. Experimental results show that thermal characteristics are significantly inter-related with pressure distribution and strongly depend upon the number of pressure fluctuations with time. The investigation shows that the 0.2 wt.% MWCNTs based aqueous nanofluids obtain maximum number of the fluctuation frequency and low thermal resistance at any evaporator power input. Based on the experimental results, we discuss the reasons for enhancement and decrement of thermal characteristics of the nanofluids.
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