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. 2021 Jan 13;11:902. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-79628-w

Table 3.

CFD information table.

Simulation cases

Turbulent flow of Cu/water NF in a heated pipe

Nanoparticle volume fractions: 0.3–2%

Pipe wall heat flux: 85,000 w/m2

Inlet velocity: 0.91 m/s

Inlet temperature: 300 K

Assumptions

Homogeneous dispersion of the particles in the base fluid

No thermal, hydrodynamic and chemical interactions between the Nanoparticles and the base fluid

Considering Brownian effect

Average nanoparticle diameter: 100 nm

CFD method Finite Volume Method (FVM)