Direct nanofluids configuration optimization based on the evolutionary topology optimization method

作者：Bai, Chao; Zhang, Guanmin; Qiu, Yan; Leng, Xueli; Tian, Maocheng^*

来源：International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2018, 117: 201-210.

DOI：10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2017.09.135

• Nanofluids configuration
• Evolutionary topology optimization algorithm
• System overall thermal resistance
• Nanoparticle size
• Nanoparticle volume fraction
• Nanofluids fabrication

Nanofluids performance counts on nanoparticle configuration. The evolutionary topology optimization algorithm is applied in this work for direct nanoparticle configuration optimization. The initial random distribution of nanoparticles inside base fluid is found to well simulate practical nanofluids. The optimized nanofluids configuration proves to be continuous strips assembled by nanoparticles with width comparable to size of nanoparticles and length comparable to size of heat -transferring system. System overall thermal resistance is significantly reduced by the optimized nanoparticle configuration. Future nanofluids should be fabricated with strip-shaped nanoparticles in order to perform better.

• 出版日期2018-2
• 单位山东大学