Latest developments in nanofluid flow and heat transfer between parallel surfaces: A critical review

Author(s):  
Mohammad Amani ◽  
Pouria Amani ◽  
Mehdi Bahiraei ◽  
Mohammad Ghalambaz ◽  
Goodarz Ahmadi ◽  
...  

Heat transfer behavior of unsteady flow of squeezing nanofluid (Copper+water) between two parallel plates is investigated. By using the appropriate transformation for the velocity and temperature, the basic equations governing the flow and heat transfer were reduced to a set of ordinary differential equations. These equations subjected to the associated boundary conditions were solved analytically using Homotopy Perturbation Method and numerically using Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg method with shooting technique. Effects on the behavior of velocity and temperature for various values of relevant parameters are illustrated graphically. The skin-friction coefficient, heat transfer and Nusselt number rate are also tabulated for various governing parameters. The results indicate that, for nanofluid flow, the rates of heat transfer and velocity had direct relationship with squeeze number and nanoparticle volume fraction they are also a decreasing function of those parameters


2018 ◽  
Vol 240 ◽  
pp. 03014
Author(s):  
Mikhail Sheremet ◽  
Ioan Pop

The combined effect of Brownian diffusion, thermophoresis and cavity inclination angle on natural convective heat transfer in an inclined porous enclosure has been studied numerically. Fluid containing nanoparticles of low concentration circulates inside the cavity under the effect of the buoyancy force. Governing equations with corresponding boundary conditions formulated using the non-dimensional stream function and vorticity variables have been solved by the finite difference method. An influence of the cavity inclination angle, Darcy and Nield numbers on nanofluid flow and heat transfer has been investigated. It has been found that high Nield numbers illustrate more equilibrium temperature distribution inside the porous cavity.


2020 ◽  
Vol 66 ◽  
pp. 157-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Najiyah Safwa Khashi'ie ◽  
Norihan Md Arifin ◽  
Ioan Pop ◽  
Roslinda Nazar ◽  
Ezad Hafidz Hafidzuddin ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (12) ◽  
pp. 4875-4894 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iskandar Waini ◽  
Anuar Ishak ◽  
Ioan Pop

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the steady mixed convection hybrid nanofluid flow and heat transfer past a vertical thin needle with prescribed surface heat flux. Design/methodology/approach The governing partial differential equations are transformed into a set of ordinary differential equations by using a similarity transformation. The transformed equations are then solved numerically using the boundary value problem solver (bvp4c) in Matlab software. The features of the skin friction coefficient and the local Nusselt number as well as the velocity and temperature profiles for different values of the governing parameters are analyzed and discussed. Findings It is found that dual solutions exist for a certain range of the mixed convection parameter where its critical values decrease with the increasing of the copper (Cu) nanoparticle volume fractions and for the smaller needle size. It is also observed that the increasing of the copper (Cu) nanoparticle volume fractions and the decreasing of the needle size tend to enhance the skin friction coefficient and the local Nusselt number on the needle surface. A temporal stability analysis is performed to determine the stability of the dual solutions in the long run, and it is revealed that only one of them is stable, while the other is unstable. Originality/value The problem of hybrid nanofluid flow and heat transfer past a vertical thin needle with prescribed surface heat flux is the important originality of the present study where the dual solutions for the opposing flow are obtained.


Mathematics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 1199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Zhu ◽  
Yaxin Xu ◽  
Xiang Han

The velocity and thermal slip impacts on the magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) nanofluid flow and heat transfer through a stretched thin sheet are discussed in the paper. The no slip condition is substituted for a new slip condition consisting of higher-order slip and constitutive equation. Similarity transformation and Lie point symmetry are adopted to convert the derived governed equations to ordinary differential equations. An approximate analytical solution is gained through the homotopy analysis method. The impacts of velocity slip, temperature jump, and other physical parameters on flow and heat transfer are illustrated. Results indicate that the first-order slip and nonlinear slip parameters reduce the velocity boundary layer thickness and Nusselt number, whereas the effect on shear stress is converse. The temperature jump parameter causes a rise in the temperature, but a decline in the Nusselt number. With the increase of the order, we can get that the error reaches 10 − 6 from residual error curve. In addition, the velocity contours and the change of skin friction coefficient are computed through Ansys Fluent.


2015 ◽  
Vol 65 ◽  
pp. 13-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.Sh. Kherbeet ◽  
H.A. Mohammed ◽  
B.H. Salman ◽  
Hamdi E. Ahmed ◽  
Omer A. Alawi ◽  
...  

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