Impact of Viscous Dissipation on Fully Developed Natural Convection Flow in a Vertical Microchannel

2018 ◽  
Vol 140 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Basant K. Jha ◽  
Babatunde Aina

In this research paper, fully developed natural convection flow in a vertical parallel plate's micro-channel in the presence of viscous dissipation is theoretically examined by using a perturbation series method. The effects of velocity slip and temperature jump are taken to consideration. Due to the presence of viscous dissipation, the momentum and energy equations are coupled system of ordinary differential equations. The influences of Knudsen number, fluid wall interaction parameter, and viscous dissipation on the flow formation and heat transfer aspects are demonstrated through graphs and tables. This result indicates that increasing the value of rarefaction parameter decreases the effect of viscous dissipation on the Nusselt number. Furthermore, it is found that the effects of rarefaction parameter as well as buoyancy parameter on temperature and velocity are significantly pronounced in the case of symmetric heating

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 223-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
B.J. Gireesha ◽  
S. Sindhu

AbstractThis study has been conducted to focus on natural convection flow of Casson fluid through an annular microchannel formed by two cylinders in the presence of magnetic field. The process of heat generation/absorption is taken into consideration. Combined effects of various parameters such as porous medium, velocity slip and temperature jump are considered. Solution of the present mathematical model is obtained numerically using fourth-fifth order Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg method. The flow velocity, thermal field, skin friction and Nusselt number are scrutinized with respect to the involved parameters of interest such as fluid wall interaction parameter, rarefaction parameter, Casson parameter and Darcy number with the aid of graphs. It is established that higher values of Casson parameter increases the skin friction coefficient. Further it is obtained that rate of heat transfer diminishes as fluid wall interaction parameter increases.


Author(s):  
Basant Kumar Jha ◽  
Peter Bukar Malgwi ◽  
Babatunde Aina

An exact solution is presented for the steady hydromagnetic fully developed natural convection flow in a vertical microporous channel due to asymmetric heating. The governing momentum and energy equations are presented in dimensionless form and solved analytically using the method of undetermined coefficient. The effects of Hall current and suction/injection parameters on the primary and secondary velocity, volume flow rates, and skin frictions are discussed with the help of line graphs and tables. It is observed that injection accelerates the flow, whereas suction retards the flow in both the primary and secondary flow directions.


2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 20-28
Author(s):  
B. Aina

The effect of thermal radiation on steady fully developed natural convection flow in a vertical micro-channel is presented in this article. Effects of velocity slip and temperature jump conditions are taken into account due to their counter effects on both the volume flow rate and the rate of heat transfer. Due to the presence of thermal radiation, the momentum and energy equations are coupled system of ordinary differential equations. Governing coupled nonlinear equations are solved analytically by employing the perturbation analysis method to obtain an expression for fluid temperature, fluid velocity, rate of heat transfer and skin friction on the microchannel walls. The effect of various parameters controlling the physical situation such as thermal radiation, temperature difference, Knudsen number, and fluid wall interaction are discussed with the aid of line graphs and Tables. Results indicate that both velocity and temperature enhanced with the increase of the thermal radiation parameter. Keywords: Thermal radiation, Natural convection, Micro-channel, Velocity slip, Temperature jump


2007 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 447-459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. M. Alam ◽  
M. A. Alim ◽  
Md. M. K. Chowdhury

In this paper, the viscous dissipation effects on magnetohydrodynamic natural convection flow over a sphere in the presence of heat generation have been described. The governing boundary layer equations are first transformed into a nondimensional form and the resulting nonlinear system of partial differential equations are then solved numerically using finite-difference method together with Keller-box scheme. The numerical results of the surface shear stress in terms of skin friction coefficient and the rate of heat transfer in terms of local Nusselt number, velocity as well as temperature profiles are shown graphically and tabular form for a selection of parameters set consisting of heat generation parameter Q, magnetic parameter M, viscous dissipation parameter N and the Prandlt number Pr.


2011 ◽  
Vol 66 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 427-440 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nasser S. Elgazery ◽  
Nader Y. Abd Elazem

A mathematical model will be analyzed in order to study the effects of viscous dissipation and Ohmic heating (Joule heating) on magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) natural convection flow of a temperature dependent viscosity from heated vertical wavy surface. The present physical problem is studied numerically by using the appropriate variables, which reduce the complex wavy surface into a flat one. An implicit marching Chebyshev collocation scheme is employed for the analysis. Numerical solutions are obtained for velocity, temperature, local skin friction, and Nusselt number for a selection of parameter sets consisting of Eckert number, Prandtl number, MHD variation, and amplitude-wavelength ratio parameter. Numerical results show that these parameters have significant influences on the velocity and the temperature profiles as well as for the local skin friction and Nusselt number


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