Heat Transfer Characteristics of Low Reynolds Number Flow of Nanofluid Around a Heated Circular Cylinder

Numerical investigation of heat transfer phenomena over an isothermal cylinder, for low Reynolds number flow of nanofluid is presented. Conservation equation of mass, momentum and energy under steady state have been solved using finite volume method. Heat transfer characteristic and flow over the stationary cylinder has been studied for water based copper nano fluid with different solid fraction values. Local Nusselt number over the cylinder surface has been found to increase with increase in nano particle fraction as well as increase in flow strength, though, the physics behind the rise in two cases is entirely different. Local heat flux drops along the cylinder wall and increases with increase in nano particle fraction as well as Reynolds number. Neglecting buoyancy effect, flow separation angle is not affected by presence of nano particles in the base fluid.