wettability alteration is one of the most important methods for oil recovery from sandstone andcarbonate reservoirs. the effects of salinity, ph, temperature, and chemicals such as surfactants andfatty acids on the alteration of the wettability were described in previous studies. in recent years,attention has been directed to nanoparticles as a wettability alteration agent. the effect of somena...

Aim of this work is the design of a programmable electronic system for monitoring the environmental parameters and managing the electrical functions of a thermo-solar plant. The designed control unit detects data from temperature and light sensors, processes acquired information and commands external equipments (pumps, electric valves and power supplies) in order to optimize plant performances ...

The paper aims to analyze the effects of various Prandtl number and different nanoparticles for heat transfer entropy generation free convection laminar fluid flow in an L-shaped cavity filled by nanofluid. To investigate second law characteristics convective from L- shaped geometry water nanofluids (Cu-water, Ag-water, Al2O3-water), on average Nusselt number, total Bejan has been numerically a...

This paper scrutinizes the nonlinear multibubble model with considering bubble-bubble (BB) interaction in Cu?Al2O3/water hybrid nanofluid over vapour bubble radius Newtonian mediums. Firstly, we present derivation of extended Rayleigh-Plesset (ERP) equation under effect BB nanofluids based on Navier-Stokes equation. The is formulated by continuity equation, ERP and relations thermophysical feat...

Abstract In this paper, multi-objective optimization (MOO) of Al2O3-water nanofluid flow in microchannel heat sinks (MCHS) with triangular ribs is performed using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) techniques and Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithms (NSGA II). At first, nanofluid flow is solved numerically in various MCHS with triangular ribs using CFD techniques. Finally, the CFD data will...

Convection heat transfer is widely used in many industrial and cooling systems. The convection can be enhanced passively by adding metal nanoparticles the water that have been adequately consumed. Small solid metals or of oxides floating base liquid increase efficiency thermal transmission system. Commercial CFD code FLUENT to simulate water-based nanofluids considered a single-phase fluid. eff...

Nanofluids have great potential to improve the heat transfer properties of liquids, as demonstrated by recent studies. This paper presents a novel idea utilizing nanofluid. It analyzes performance HVAC (Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning) system using high-performance fluid (water-glycol nanofluid with nanoparticles Al2O3), in university campus Lecce, Italy. The work describes dynamic model b...

This paper scrutinizes the nonlinear multibubble model with considering bubble-bubble (BB) interaction in Cu−Al2O3/water hybrid nanofluid over vapour bubble radius Newtonian mediums. Firstly, we present derivation of extended Rayleigh-Plesset (ERP) equation under effect BB nanofluids based on Navier-Stokes equation. The is formulated by continuity equation, ERP and relations thermophysical feat...

 The forced convection heat transfer of turbulent Al2O3-water nanofluid flow inside the grooved tubeswith the different aspect ratio of the rectangular grooves is numerically investigated. The governingequations have been solved using finite volume method (FVM) coupled with SIMPLE algorithm. It isassumed the heat flux is constant on the grooved walls. The Single-phase approach is applied for th...