Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : October 20, 2018 - October 21, 2018
In this research, silicon dioxide/DI water nanofluid was used as the working fluid in a cylindrical heat pipe to experimentally investigate its effect to enhance the heat transfer performance. In the experiment, the one end of the heat pipe was heated using a nichrome wire heater and the other end was cooled using a fan. In addition, effects of pre-coating of the screen mesh and the inside wall of the heat pipe with nanoparticles on heat transfer performance were explored. The experimental results showed that in comparison with the normal heat pipe BBW (bare tube / bare mesh / pure water), the thermal resistance of BNW (bare tube / nanoparticle-coated mesh / pure water) is reduced by 2-8% for the input power of 3-9W. When the power was increased to 9-25W, however, the thermal resistances of NXW (nanoparticle-coated tube / no mesh / pure water) and NBW (nanoparticle-coated tube / bare mesh / pure water) decreased 13-32%. This corresponded to the heat transfer enhancement of 15-40%.
