Heat transfer and flow characteristics of conventional fluids and nanofluids in curved tubes: A review

G Huminic, A Huminic - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016‏ - Elsevier
The purpose of this review summarizes the recent published papers on the heat transfer and
fluid flow characteristics in curved tubes using conventional fluids and nanofluids as working …

Experimental and numerical investigations of turbulent forced convection flow of nano-fluid in helical coiled tubes at constant surface temperature

M Rakhsha, F Akbaridoust, A Abbassi, SA Majid - Powder Technology, 2015‏ - Elsevier
In the present research, steady state turbulent forced convection develo** flow of a CuO
nano-fluid inside helically coiled tubes at constant wall surface temperature was …

Numerical study on heat transfer and entropy generation of develo** laminar nanofluid flow in helical tube using two-phase mixture model

HK Bizhaem, A Abbassi - Advanced Powder Technology, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Nanofluids and helical tubes are among the best methods for heat transfer enhancement. In
the present study, laminar, develo** nanofluid flow in helical tube at constant wall …

Torsion and curvature effects on fluid flow in a helical annulus

MRH Nobari, A Malvandi - International journal of non-linear mechanics, 2013‏ - Elsevier
In this article incompressible viscous flow in a helical annulus is studied numerically. A
second order finite difference method based on the projection algorithm is used to solve the …

Numerical analysis of laminar heat transfer performance of in-plane spiral ducts with various cross-sections at fixed cross-section area

AP Sasmito, JC Kurnia, W Wang, SV Jangam… - International Journal of …, 2012‏ - Elsevier
A numerical approach is carried out to investigate the heat transfer performance of in-plane
spiral ducts with various cross sections–rectangular, square, triangular, trapezoidal, circular …

A new configuration of bend tubes for compound optimization of heat and fluid flow

MR Hajmohammadi, H Eskandari, M Saffar-Avval… - Energy, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Curved pipes constitute essential components in engineering systems such as heat
exchangers, and process pipelines. In curved pipes with 180° bends, the excess pressure …

[PDF][PDF] A Comprehensive Numerical Study on Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer of Helical, Spiral and Straight Tubes with Different Cross Sections.

H Abdi, S Asaadi, HA Kivi… - International Journal Of …, 2019‏ - researchgate.net
Accepted: 17 June 2019 A numerical comparative analysis is carried out on heat transfer
performance of laminar fluid flow of water/Al2O3 nanofluid in straight, spiral and helical …

A numerical investigation of entropy generation in the entrance region of curved pipes at constant wall temperature

E Amani, MRH Nobari - Energy, 2011‏ - Elsevier
In this study, develo** incompressible viscous flow and heat transfer in the curved pipes
are studied numerically to analyze the entropy generation and thermodynamic optimization …

Heat transfer enhancement of a nanofluid in a helical coil with flattened cross-section

SK Naghibzadeh, MR Hajmohammadi… - … Research and Design, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Due to the ever-increasing importance of energy, research in the field of heat transfer is
always one of the up-to-date issues. In this study, heat transfer enhancement and excessive …

Solidification of PCM around a curved tube

KAR Ismail, LM de Sousa Filho, FAM Lino - International journal of heat and …, 2012‏ - Elsevier
This paper presents the results of an experimental and numerical investigation on the
solidification of PCM around a curved cold tube to determine the effects of the Dean number …