Enhancement of heat transfer in helical coil heat exchangers using nano-fluids

Investigation for heat transfer behaviour of Al2O3 and CuO nano-fluid in helical coil heat exchangers was carried out in this study. The thermo-physical properties of the fluids have temperature dependent nature. The main emphasis was to depict the influence of nano-particle concentration by volume on the characteristics of temperature, rate of heat transfer and heat transfer coefficients (convective). In order to enhance efficiency, density and thermal conductivity are considered to be the most important variables. In comparison to water and for equal flow rate, the rate of heat transfer of nano-fluid increases conspicuously. Efficiency of the helical coil heat exchanger increased by 38.80%.