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This study experimentally investigated SiC-water nanofluids flow and heat transfer characteristics in three types of structure multiport rectangular minichannel flat tube, including smooth tube and micro-fin tube with two different spacing of fins. The volume concentrations of nanofluids is 0.005%, 0.01% and 0.1%. The range of Reynolds number is 150-5300. The experimental results indicate that the micro-fin structure has no effect on the flow characteristic of nanofluids. However, the spacing of micro-fin has some effect on the heat transfer characteristic of nanofluids. The increase ratio of nanofluids heat transfer in micro-fin tube is lower than that of smooth tube, which attributes to the presence of micro-fin. Finally, it is shown that the maximum PEC of 0.01% nanofluids is 1.68 at Re ≈5100 in smooth tube. © 2018, Science Press. All right reserved.
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Journal of Engineering Thermophysics
ISSN: 0253-231X
Year: 2018
Issue: 6
Volume: 39
Page: 1349-1358
ESI Discipline: PHYSICS;
ESI HC Threshold:145
JCR Journal Grade:4
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