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    Experimental study of evaporator surface area influence on a closed loop pulsating heat pipe performance

    , Article American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FEDSM, 8 July 2012 through 12 July 2012, Rio Grande ; Volume 2 , 2012 , Pages 233-238 ; 08888116 (ISSN) ; 9780791844762 (ISBN) Tabatabaee, M. H ; Mohammadi, M ; Shafii, M. B ; Sharif University of Technology
    Abstract
    Pulsating Heat Pipes are an effective mean for heat removal with the potential for a widespread application in electronic packaging. An experimental study a Closed Loop Pulsating Heat Pipe (CLPHP) constructed of copper tubes formed into four meandering turns is presented. Once configured in a vertical orientation the lower portion of the CLPHP comes in contact with a heat source (called the evaporator) from which it will remove heat through the pulsating action of the two-phase mixture contained within the initially evacuated copper tubes eventually transfer the heat to a heat sink (known as the condenser). Heat fluxes can be measured using temperature data gathered from experiments.... 

    Numerical study of forced convective heat transfer of nanofluids: comparison of different approaches

    , Article International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer ; Volume 37, Issue 1 , 2010 , Pages 74-78 ; 07351933 (ISSN) Lotfi, R ; Saboohi, Y ; Rashidi, A. M ; Sharif University of Technology
    Abstract
    Forced convective of a nanofluid that consists of water and Al2O3 in horizontal tubes has been studied numerically. Computed results were validated with existing well established correlation. Two-phase Eulerian model has been implemented for the first time to study such a flow field. A single-phase model and two-phase mixture model formulations were also used for comparison. The comparison of calculated results with experimental values shows that the mixture model is more precise. It is illustrated that the single-phase model and the two-phase Eulerian model underestimates the Nusselt number. Effects of nanoparticles concentration on the thermal parameters are also discussed  

    Natural convection of Al2O3-water nanofluid in an inclined enclosure with the effects of slip velocity mechanisms: Brownian motion and thermophoresis phenomenon

    , Article International Journal of Thermal Sciences ; Volume 105 , 2016 , Pages 137-158 ; 12900729 (ISSN) Esfandiary, M ; Mehmandoust, B ; Karimipour, A ; Pakravan, H. A ; Sharif University of Technology
    Elsevier Masson SAS 
    Abstract
    Effects of inclination angle on natural convective heat transfer and fluid flow in an enclosure filled with Al2O3-water nanofluid are studied numerically. The left and right walls of enclosure are kept in hot and cold constant temperature while the other two walls are assumed to be adiabatic. Considering Brownian motion and thermophoresis effect (two important slip velocity mechanisms) the two-phase mixture model has been employed to investigate the flow and thermal behaviors of the nanofluid. The study was performed for various inclination angles of enclosure ranging from γ = 0° to γ = 60°, volume fraction from 0% to 3%, and Rayleigh numbers varying from 105 to 107. The governing equations...