Characteristics of a magnetic fluid heat transport device Part 1: Numerical simulation of flow and heat transport phenomena

Author(s):  
H Yamaguchi ◽  
I Kobori ◽  
N Kobayashi

A numerical analysis is conducted in order to study the flow state and thermal characteristics of a magnetic fluid heat transport device. A simple geometrical model of the device is considered in the present numerical study. The highly simplified marker-and-cell (HSMAC) method is adopted for the numerical analysis, where the transient solutions are obtained in the two-dimensional axisymmetric computational plane. From results of the numerical calculation it can be shown that the vortex zone appears when a magnetic field is applied and the configuration of flow associated with the vortex zone changes for variation in the magnetic field, increasing or decreasing the heat transport capability dependent upon the conditions of the device.

2007 ◽  
Vol 11 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 201-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koji Fumoto ◽  
Hideaki Yamagishi ◽  
Masahiro Ikegawa

2020 ◽  
Vol 141 (5) ◽  
pp. 1543-1558
Author(s):  
Seyed Mahdi Hosseinikhah ◽  
Borhan Beigzadeh ◽  
Majid Siavashi ◽  
Mahdi Halabian

2014 ◽  
Vol 792 ◽  
pp. 275-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuki Ikari ◽  
Hideaki Masuda ◽  
Toshiyuki Oyamada ◽  
Tatsuo Sawada

A new semi-active tuned liquid column damper (TLCD) that uses magnetic fluid as its working fluid (MF-TLCD) is presented. An MF-TLCD alters the natural frequency of the magnetic fluid column that forms the resident liquid inside the MF-TLCD by applying a magnetic field. We investigated the damping characteristics of an MF-TLCD equipped with two electromagnets, and also the transition of the natural frequency, which is strongly related to the damping performance. The coupled structure-MF-TLCD system was investigated both experimentally and by numerical analysis. The momentum equation of an MF-TLCD and its numerical solution are presented. The numerical results are validated by comparison with experimental results.


2011 ◽  
Vol 239-242 ◽  
pp. 3096-3099
Author(s):  
Ming Hua Bai ◽  
Hong Liang Zhou

Magnetic fluid as a functional material can produce volume force under external magnetic field, for the purpose of controlling the magnetic fluid flow state in the non-magnetic sealing groove with external magnetic field, the volume force is written as a function form of AZ to do with the numerical simulation of magnetic fluid flow in the sealing groove. The result shows that the magnetic fluid which distributes at the right-angle edges of the two permanent magnets nearby the separator presents unsteady swirl flow due to the volume force, while the rest magnetic fluid is in the quiescent state. It means that the magnetic fluid seal method can effectively solve the air leakage of band sintering machine and circular cooling machine.


1998 ◽  
Vol 64 (617) ◽  
pp. 85-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroshi YAMAGUCHI ◽  
Itaru KOBORI ◽  
Yoshinobu ISHIGAKI

Author(s):  
H Yamaguchi ◽  
I Kobori ◽  
N Kobayashi

Heat transporting characteristics are investigated experimentally for a heat transport device using a temperature-sensitive magnetic fluid. In the present study, in particular the regenerative thermomagnetic heat cycle is considered by allowing heat conduction in the inner pipe wall of the device. According to the heat transport configuration studied, the lower end of the device is heated while the upper end is cooled isothermally when the device is placed vertically. Experimental results show that a relatively high amount of heat can be transported in comparison with the case of an adiabatic inner pipe wall, indicating that the thermomagnetic heat cycle in the device is improved. The correlation obtained from one-dimensional analysis provides a reasonable means of assessing estimating experimental data when the thermomagnetic heat cycle based on the working principle is satisfied.


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