Effect of Using Nanofluids as Cooling Fluids on Performance of an Engine Block

Cooling system plays important roles to control the temperature of car's engine. One of the important elements in the car cooling system is cooling fluid. The usage of wrong cooling fluid can give negatives impact to the car's engine and shorten engine life. An efficient cooling system can prevent engine from overheating and assists the vehicle running at its optimal performance. This thesis was conducted to study the effectiveness of various types cooling agent in the vehicle cooling system which will influence the operation time of the engine block mainly cylinder in the light vehicle cooling systems. 3D model of the engine block is done in Pro/Engineer. Different types of fluids mixed with base fluid water considered in this thesis Aluminum Oxide, Silicon Carbide, Titanium Oxide and Copper Oxide at volume fraction of 0.4. The properties of the nanofluids are calculated theoretically.CFD analysis is done on the engine block using all nanofluids and Thermal analysis is done on the engine block by varying the materials Copper and Aluminum alloy