Enhancement the performance of swirl heat exchanger by using vortices and NanoAluminume

Heat exchangers are widely used in many industrial applications. It is well known that the effectiveness of these exchangers is normally measured by the amount of the heat transfer, which should be minimized as much as possible according to their size. Present study pays more attention to examine Taylor vortex which formed in the flow of the hot water of the smooth surface heat exchanger and a swirl flow of cold air. Also, an attempt was made to improve the result by replacing the heat transfer surface by Nanoaluminume metal. Experimental results revealed that the effectiveness of the exchanger at the ratio (Cmin/Cmax = 0.08) could be enhanced the effectiveness of the standard exchanger at the ratio (Cmin/Cmax = 0). Further, it was found that using nano Aluminume as a medium material for heat transfer increased the effectiveness (3.2%, 4.3% and 4.58%) for a rotational speed of inner cylinder which were used (0, 65and 80) rpm, respectively.