Application of Nanofluids in Propylene Refrigeration Cycle in Olefin Plant

Nanofluids are suspensions of nanoparticles in fluid that show significant enhancement of their properties at modest nonoparticle concentrations. Nanofluids increase heat transfer dramatically so they can be utilized in many industrial applications, nuclear reactors, transportation, electronics, and biomedicine and food industries. This paper focus on presenting the broad range of current and future applications that involve nanofluids, and especially on nanofluids future application in propylene refrigeration cycle in olefin plant, after replacement of cooling water with CuO/Water nanofluid Simulation results didn’t indicate considerable increase in heat duty of heat exchangers.

Keywords:

Nanofluid , Nanoparticle , Propylene refrigeration cycle , olefin plant