Effect of Nano Fluids on Thermal Properties of Thrmosyphon Reboilers

Kazemi, Adineh; Jafari Nasr, Mohammad Reza

Effect of Nano Fluids on Thermal Properties of Thrmosyphon Reboilers

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

¹ Chemical Engineering Department, Engineering Faculty, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, P.O. Box 14515-775 Tehran, I.R. IRAN

² Research Institute of Petroleum Industrys (RIPI), Tehran, I.R. IRAN

Abstract

In this paper the effect of nanofluids in a thermosiphon reboiler has been studied and simulate a thermosiphon available in the university of Manchester with the HTRI software package. It is revealed that how the performance and subcool length were influenced by using nanofluid applications. The result of this simulation shows the heat transfer coefficient increases by the increase of nanofluid concentration which leads to a decrease in heat transfer area and smaller equipment in its design. The subcool length is also decreased.

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