Comparative study of flow characteristics in uniformly varying microchannel for di water and nanofluid

J. Pandey, M. Z. Ansari*, A. Husain, M. A. Ansari

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Abstract

This study investigates the effect of DI water and nanofluid on pressure drop and velocity characteristics of planar diverging and converging microchannels at different mass flow rates. Such channels can be used in microfluidic applications including microelectronic chip heat sinks. The length of the channel is kept 20 mm witha hydraulic diameter of 232 μm. Nanofluidconsists of Al 2 O 3 nanoparticles suspended in a 60:40 mixture of ethylene glycol and water. A CFD code is used to solve numerically the continuity and momentum equations to obtain the pressure drop and velocity distribution. Results show that pressure drop in case of nanofluid is about 7-8 times higher than DI water. In addition, the exit velocity of DI water is about 18-20% higher than the nanofluid under the same mass flow rate.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Conference on Trends in Material Science and Inventive Materials, ICTMIM 2019
EditorsSubarna Shakya, P. Pitchandi
PublisherAmerican Institute of Physics Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9780735418370
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 13 2019
EventInternational Conference on Trends in Material Science and Inventive Materials, ICTMIM 2019 - Coimbatore, India
Duration: Mar 28 2019Mar 29 2019

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume2105
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Trends in Material Science and Inventive Materials, ICTMIM 2019
Country/TerritoryIndia
CityCoimbatore
Period3/28/193/29/19

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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