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Effect of pipe rotation on heat transfer to laminar non-Newtonian nanofluid flowing through a pipe: a CFD analysis

  • Sai Kiran Meesala , Budda Govinda Rao ORCID logo EMAIL logo and Datta Bharadwaz Yellapragada ORCID logo
Published/Copyright: November 11, 2022
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Abstract

The present numerical study is aimed at investigating the effect of rotation on heat transfer to non-Newtonian nanofluid flowing through a pipe. Non-Newtonian fluid flow under laminar condition with heat transfer finds the applications in various industries like food processing, pharmaceutical and polymer etc. Various proportions (1–3%) of copper nanoparticles are mixed with water to study the heat transfer rates non-Newtonian nanofluid flowing through the rotating pipe. Effect of rotation rate on heat transfer rates are also studied. In this study for 1% nanofluid at a constant rotation rate of 0.8, the Nusselt number is increased by 119.45%. The highest thermal performance factor (TPF) is 1.74, observed at N = 0.8, Pe = 5000, and for 1% volume concentration of non-Newtonian nanofluid.


Corresponding author: Budda Govinda Rao, Department of Mechanical Engineering Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering (Autonomous), Visakhapatnam 530048, India, E-mail:

  1. Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: None declared.

  3. Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

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Received: 2022-05-12
Accepted: 2022-10-26
Published Online: 2022-11-11

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