Research Article

Analysis of Forced Convection with Hybrid Cu-Al2O3 Nanofluids Injected in a Three-Dimensional Rectangular Channel Containing Three Perpendicular Rotating Blocks with Turbulent Modeling

Table 1

Thermophysical properties of the nanofluid and parameters to geometry building [30].

SymbolValueExplanation

0.001, 0.01, 0.09, 0.1, and 0.25Volume fraction of aluminum oxide
0.001, 0.01, 0.09, 0.1, and 0.25Volume fraction of copper
3880 ()Density of alumina
8954 ()Density of copper
The total density of the nanoparticles
765 ()Specific heat of aluminum oxide
383.1 ()Specific heat of copper
Specific heat of particles
The total volume fraction of nanoparticles
40 ()Thermal conductivity of the aluminum oxide
386 ()Thermal conductivity of copper
Total thermal conductivity of nanofluids
998 ()The density of the base fluid
Density of nanofluid
4182 ()Specific heat of the base fluid
Specific heat capacity of nanofluid
0.597 ()Thermal conductivity of the base fluid
Thermal conductivity of the nanofluids
0.000998 (Pa s)The viscosity of the base fluid
(Pa s)Viscosity of nanofluid
0.333 (cm)Hydraulic diameter
Re50,000Reynolds number
Inlet velocity
1 (cm)Length along the -axis
0.5 (cm)Length along the -axis
0.5 (cm)Length along the -axis
0, 0.5, and 1.5 (m/s)The rotational velocity of perpendicular blocks along the -direction
293.15 (K)Cold temp
323.15 (K)Hot temp