- In this analysis, the experimental work was done
to determined the thermal behavior of heat pipe based heatexchanger using nano fluid. CuO nano fluid is consider as
thermal liquid in the heat pipe. Effectiveness – NTU method
of thermal analysis was adopted to find out the working nature
of heat pipe heat exchanger. The investigation has been
carried out in terms of length, diameter, working fluid of heat
pipe as fixed parameters and mass flow rate of water, inlet
temperature of hot water to the shell side of heat exchanger,
angle of inclination to the condenser section of heat pipe as
variable parameters.
In this present study, three number of heat pipe has been
used. The CuO nano fluid shows the better performance. The
mass flow rate of cold water to the condenser section of heat
pipe has been altered in the ratio of 1:1, 1:1.15, 1:2, 1:2.5 and
1:3 as that of evaporator section. The effect of gravity
assistance to the cold side of the heat exchanger with respect
to effectiveness also evaluate. Many experimental work has
been carried out under different operating conditions and the
optimum effectiveness of heat exchanger with heat pipe has
been obtained when, CuO nano fluid is used as working fluid
than D.I water and better results from experimental work was
obtained when Ch=2Cc and at 100 LPH
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Author Name: P. Raveendiran, B. Chandramohan and V. Vinoth Kumar
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Keywords: Heat Pipe, Inclination Angle, ?- NTU, CuO Nano Fluid.
ISSN: 2250-1096
EISSN: 2277-5056
EOI/DOI: 10.9756/BIJIEMS.9031
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