%0 Journal Article %A Dagdevir, Toygun %A Keklikcioglu, Orhan %A Ozceyhan, Veysel %D 2019 %I Begell House %K heat transfer enhancement, thermal and hydraulic performance, Al2O3–water nanofluid, chamfer length %N 12 %P 1183-1204 %R 10.1615/HeatTransRes.2018025797 %T THE EFFECT OF CHAMFER LENGTH ON THERMAL AND HYDRAULIC PERFORMANCE BY USING Al2O3-WATER NANOFLUID THROUGH A SQUARE CROSS-SECTIONAL DUCT %U https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/46784ef93dddff27,7f37ee020fed19d8,6d16224a1b215284.html %V 50 %X The effect of chamfer length c and nanoparticle volume fraction q on heat transfer and fluid flow is investigated numerically for water-Al2O3 nanofluid flow through various chamfered ducts of square cross section. A mixture model is used for the nanofluid flow analyses based on the finite volume method. Chamfer lengths of the ducts are assumed to be 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0 mm; and the volume fraction of Al2O3 nanoparticles, where diameter is 10 nm, are considered as 0.01, 0.02, and 0.03. The fluid flow is examined under turbulent flow conditions (4000 ≤ Re ≤ 10,000). The results show that as the nanoparticle volume fraction increases, heat transfer and pressure drop increase in all the cases considered. Moreover, increasing the chamfer length of the duct has a positive effect on convective heat transfer, despite the negative effect on the pressure drop. The highest thermohydraulic performance is obtained as 1.118 for the case of c = 4 mm, φ = 0.03, and Re = 4000. %8 2019-07-15