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Effect of magnetic field on laminar forced convective heat transfer of MWCNT–Fe3O4/water hybrid nanofluid in a heated tube

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A numerical investigation is carried out to assess the hydrothermal performance of a water-based hybrid nanofluid containing both Fe3O4 (magnetite) nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in a heated tube in the presence of a constant non-uniform magnetic field. The magnetic field is created by three pairs of permanent magnets. The effects of Reynolds number, magnetite, and CNT volume concentrations as well as magnetic field strength are investigated. The acquired data for the case of without magnetic field confirmed higher values of heat transfer and pressure drop as a result of utilizing nanofluid compared with water. Additionally, it was found that the Nusselt number and pressure drop of the studied nanofluid samples increase significantly under the magnetic field. Moreover, the influence of magnetic field increases with an increase in the nanoparticle concentrations and magnetic field strength and decrease in the Reynolds number. The maximum increments of 109.31% and 25.02% in comparison with the case of without field were obtained in the average Nusselt number and pressure drop for hybrid nanofluid containing 0.9% magnetite and 1.35% CNT at Reynolds number of 500.

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The fifth author acknowledges the support provided by the ‘‘Research Chair Grant” National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) and King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi through the ‘‘KMUTT 55th Anniversary Commemorative Fund”.

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  1. Automotive and Marine Engineering Department, College of Technological Studies (CTS), Public Authority for Applied Education and Training (PAAET), Shuwaikh, 70654, Kuwait

    Jalal Alsarraf

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kermanshah University of Technology, Kermanshah, Iran

    Reza Rahmani & Amin Shahsavar

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran

    Masoud Afrand

  4. Fluid Mechanics, Thermal Engineering and Multiphase Flow Research Lab. (FUTURE), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangmod, Bangkok, 10140, Thailand

    Somchai Wongwises

  5. The Academy of Science, The Royal Society of Thailand, Sanam Suea Pa, Dusit, Bangkok, 10300, Thailand

    Somchai Wongwises

  6. Division of Computational Mechatronics, Institute for Computational Science, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

    Minh Duc Tran

  7. Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

    Minh Duc Tran

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Alsarraf, J., Rahmani, R., Shahsavar, A. et al. Effect of magnetic field on laminar forced convective heat transfer of MWCNT–Fe3O4/water hybrid nanofluid in a heated tube. J Therm Anal Calorim 137, 1809–1825 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-019-08078-y

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