Numerical Investigation of Nanofluid Applications in Military System

Abstract In this study, enhancement of heat transfer from high heat flux surface was investigated numerically by using nanofluids and impinging jet technique to solve the problem of increasing heat loads which is caused by developing technologies of military sistems. Effect of different Reynolds number (Re=2000, 4000, 6000, 8000) and different type of nanofluids (Cu-H2O, CuO-H2O, TiO2-H2O, Al2O3-H2O) on heat transfer are the parameters of this study. Low Re k-ε model was used. It was obtained that increasing Re number causes an increase on local Nusselt number. Increasing Reynolds number from 4000 to 8000 causes an increase of 47.2% on average Nusselt number for Cu-H2O nanofluids (particle diameter of 20 nm and volume ratio of 4%). It was determined that using Cu-H2O nanofluid causes an increase of 2.6%, 5.5%, 6.1% and 9.6% on average Nusselt number with respect to CuO-H2O, TiO2-H2O, Al2O3-H2O and pure water. It was seen that the low Reynolds number k-ε turbulence model well represents the temperature distribution and flow properties at this study