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Abstract
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In this work, the laminar convective heat transfer performance and the pressure drop of water-based
nanofluids containing Al2O3, TiO2 and SiO2 nanoparticles flowing through a straight circular tube were experimentally
investigated. The experimental results showed that addition of small amounts of nano-sized Al2O3 and TiO2
particles to de-ionized water increased heat transfer coefficients considerably, while the SiO2 nanofluids showed the
opposite behavior attracting the authors’ interests. An average of 16% and 8.2% increase in heat transfer coefficient
were observed with the average of 28% and 15% penalty in pressure drop for Al2O3 and TiO2 nanofluids.
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