Abstract:Understanding thermophoresis in nanorefrigerants stands challenging for a long period despite the phenomenon is attributed for the motion dynamics of particles in nanofluids. Influence of thermophoretic mobility of copper-oxide nanoparticles on the heat transfer behavior of isobutane (R600a) refrigerant is reported in this work. Pool boiling of the isobutane/copper-oxide nanofluid is numerically simulated in computational fluid dynamics utilizing both single and two-phase approaches. Mobility of particles in t… Show more
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