Thermo-Physical Properties of Magnetic Fluid and its Natural Convection Heat Transfer in a Horizontal Enclosed Rectangular Container

Abstract:

Thermo-physical properties of magnetic fluid were measured experimentally at various temperatures, in order to evaluate their temperature dependencies. Heat transfer by natural convection was also investigated in a horizontal enclosed rectangular container filled with the tested magnetic fluid. It was found that the heat transfer coefficient of the magnetic fluid keeps good agreement with the conventional heat-transfer correlation of natural convection heat transfer in a horizontal enclosed rectangular container by applying the values of thermo-physical properties obtained in the present work. Therefore, the measured thermo-physical properties are reliable and can be used as a thermo-physical database of the magnetic fluid.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 620)
• Pages: 461-467
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.620.461
• Online since: August 2014
• Authors: Yan Rong Li*, Terumi Inagaki, Hikaru Saito, Masashi Abe
• Keywords: Heat Transfer, Horizontal Enclosed Rectangular Container, Magnetic Fluid, Natural Convection, Thermo-Physical Properties

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