scholarly journals Thermal Instability in a Layer of Couple Stress Nanofluid Saturated Porous Medium

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramesh Chand ◽  
G. C. Rana ◽  
Dhananjay Yadav
Keyword(s):  
Porous Medium ◽  
Rayleigh Number ◽  
Couple Stress ◽  
Thermal Instability ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Saturated Porous Medium ◽  
Normal Mode Analysis ◽  
Lewis Number ◽  
Mode Analysis ◽  
Brownian Diffusion

Abstract Thermal instability in a horizontal layer of Couple-stress nanofluid in a porous medium is investigated. Darcy model is used for porous medium. The model used for nanofluid incorporates the effect of Brownian diffusion and thermophoresis. The flux of volume fraction of nanoparticle is taken to be zero on the isothermal boundaries. Normal mode analysis and perturbation method is employed to solve the eigenvalue problem with the Rayleigh number as eigenvalue. Oscillatory convection cannot occur for the problem. The effects of Couple-stress parameter, Lewis number, modified diffusivity ratio, concentration Rayleigh number and porosity on stationary convection are shown both analytically and graphically.

Thermal Instability of Rivlin–Ericksen Elastico-Viscous Nanofluid Saturated by a Porous Medium

2012 ◽  
Vol 134 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramesh Chand ◽  
G. C. Rana
Keyword(s):  
Porous Medium ◽  
Thermal Instability ◽  
Fluid Layer ◽  
Normal Mode Analysis ◽  
Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Lewis Number ◽  
Mode Analysis ◽  
Free Boundaries ◽  
Oscillatory Convection ◽  
The Stability

Thermal instability in a horizontal layer of Rivlin–Ericksen elastico-viscous nanofluid in a porous medium is considered. A linear stability analysis based upon normal mode analysis is used to find a solution of the fluid layer confined between two free boundaries. The onset criterion for stationary and oscillatory convection is derived analytically and graphs have been plotted by giving numerical values to various parameters to depict the stability characteristics. The effects of the concentration Rayleigh number, Vadasz number, capacity ratio, Lewis number, and kinematics viscoelasticity parameter on the stability of the system are investigated. Regimes of oscillatory and nonoscillatory convection for various parameters are derived and discussed in detail. The sufficient conditions for the nonexistence of oscillatory convection have also been obtained.

Natural convective heat transfer in a hemispherical cavity filled with ZnO–H2O nanofluid saturated porous medium

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (10) ◽  
pp. 1850097 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abderrahmane Baïri ◽  
Najib Laraqi
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Porous Medium ◽  
Nusselt Number ◽  
Rayleigh Number ◽  
Convective Heat Transfer ◽  
Convective Heat ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Saturated Porous Medium ◽  
Physical Parameters ◽  
Numerical Work

This three-dimensional (3D) numerical work based on the volume control method quantifies the convective heat transfer occurring in a hemispherical cavity filled with a ZnO–H2O nanofluid saturated porous medium. Its main objective is to improve the cooling of an electronic component contained in this enclosure. The volume fraction of the considered monophasic nanofluid varies between 0% (pure water) and 10%, while the cupola is maintained isothermal at cold temperature. During operation, the active device generates a heat flux leading to high Rayleigh number reaching [Formula: see text] and may be inclined with respect to the horizontal plane at an angle ranging from 0[Formula: see text] to 180[Formula: see text] (horizontal position with cupola facing upwards and downwards, respectively) by steps of 15[Formula: see text]. The natural convective heat transfer represented by the average Nusselt number has been quantified for many configurations obtained by combining the tilt angle, the Rayleigh number, the nanofluid volume fraction and the ratio between the thermal conductivity of the porous medium’s solid matrix and that of the base fluid. This ratio has a significant influence on the free convective heat transfer and ranges from 0 (without porous media) to 70 in this work. The influence of the four physical parameters is analyzed and commented. An empirical correlation between the Nusselt number and these parameters is proposed, allowing determination of the average natural convective heat transfer occurring in the hemispherical cavity.

scholarly journals Hall Effect on Thermal Instability of Viscoelastic Dusty Fluid in Porous Medium

2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 871-886
Author(s):  
M. Singh ◽  
R.K. Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Porous Medium ◽  
Thermal Instability ◽  
Normal Mode Analysis ◽  
Mode Analysis ◽  
Stationary Convection ◽  
Linearized Stability ◽  
Medium Permeability ◽  
Rayleigh Numbers ◽  
The Magnetic Field

Abstract The effect of Hall currents and suspended dusty particles on the hydromagnetic stability of a compressible, electrically conducting Rivlin-Ericksen elastico viscous fluid in a porous medium is considered. Following the linearized stability theory and normal mode analysis the dispersion relation is obtained. For the case of stationary convection, Hall currents and suspended particles are found to have destabilizing effects whereas compressibility and magnetic field have stabilizing effects on the system. The medium permeability, however, has stabilizing and destabilizing effects on thermal instability in contrast to its destabilizing effect in the absence of the magnetic field. The critical Rayleigh numbers and the wave numbers of the associated disturbances for the onset of instability as stationary convection are obtained and the behavior of various parameters on critical thermal Rayleigh numbers are depicted graphically. The magnetic field, Hall currents and viscoelasticity parameter are found to introduce oscillatory modes in the systems, which did not exist in the absence of these parameters

Effect of Local Thermal Non-Equilibrium On the Stability of the Flow in a Vertical Channel Filled with Nanofluid Saturated Porous Medium

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Srinivasacharya ◽  
Dipak Barman
Keyword(s):  
Porous Medium ◽  
Saturated Porous Medium ◽  
Normal Mode Analysis ◽  
Critical Rayleigh Number ◽  
Vertical Channel ◽  
Fluid Particle ◽  
Mode Analysis ◽  
Solid Matrix ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Non Equilibrium

Abstract The stability of nanofluid flow in a vertical channel packed with a porous medium is examined for the local thermal non-equilibrium state of the fluid, particle and solid-matrix phases. The effects of Brownian motion along with thermophoresis are incorporated in the nanofluid model. The Darcy-Brinkman model for the flow in a porous medium and three-field model, each representing the fluid, particle and solid-matrix phases separately, for temperature is used. A normal mode analysis is used to obtain the eigenvalue problem for the perturbed state, which is then solved using the Chebyshev spectral collocation technique. The critical Rayleigh number and corresponding wavenumber are presented graphically for the effect of different local thermal non-equilibrium parameters. It is noticed that the influence of LTNE parameters on the convective instability is significant.

scholarly journals Hydromagnetic thermal instability of compressible Walters’ (Model B′) rotating fluid permeated with suspended particles in porous medium

2013 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 75-88
Author(s):  
G.C. Rana ◽  
H.S. Jamwal
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Porous Medium ◽  
Thermal Instability ◽  
Normal Mode Analysis ◽  
Suspended Particles ◽  
Mode Analysis ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Rotating Fluid ◽  
Medium Permeability ◽  
The Magnetic Field

Abstract In this paper, the thermal instability of compressible Walters’ (Model B′) rotating fluid permeated with suspended particles (fine dust) in porous medium in hydromagnetics is considered. By applying normal mode analysis method, the dispersion relation has been derived and solved analytically. It is observed that the rotation, magnetic field, suspended particles and viscoelasticity introduce oscillatory modes. For stationary convection, Walters’ (Model B′) elastico-viscous fluid behaves like an ordinary Newtonian fluid and it is observed that rotation has stabilizing effect, suspended particles are found to have destabilizing effect on the system, whereas the medium permeability has stabilizing or destabilizing effect on the system under certain conditions. The magnetic field has destabilizing effect in the absence of rotation, whereas in the presence of rotation, magnetic field has stabilizing or destabilizing effect under certain conditions

scholarly journals THE ONSET OF DOUBLE-DIFFUSIVE CONVECTION IN A LAYER OF NANOFLUID UNDER ROTATION

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 88
Author(s):  
G. C. Rana ◽  
R. C. Thakur
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Layer ◽  
Normal Mode Analysis ◽  
Lewis Number ◽  
Linear Stability Theory ◽  
Mode Analysis ◽  
Brownian Diffusion ◽  
Double Diffusive Convection ◽  
Diffusive Convection ◽  
Solute Gradient ◽  
Double Diffusive

Double-diffusive convection in a horizontal layer of nanofluid under rotation heated from below is studied. The nanofluid describes the effects of thermophoresis and Brownian diffusion. Based upon perturbations and linear stability theory, the normal mode analysis method is applied to obtain the dispersion relation characterizing the effect of different parameters when both the boundaries are free. Due to thermal expansion, the nanofluid at the bottom will be lighter than the fluid at the top. Thus, this is a top heavy arrangement which is potentially unstable. In this paper we discuss the influences of various non-dimensional parameters such as rotation, solute gradient, thermo- nanofluid Lewis number, thermo-solutal Lewis number, Soret and Dufour parameter on the stability of stationary convection for the case of free-free boundaries. It is observed that rotation and solute gradient have stabilizing influence on the system. Rotation and solute gradient play important role in the thermal convection of fluid layer and has applications in rotating machineries such as nuclear reactors, petroleum industry, biomechanics etc. and solute gradient finds applications in geophysics, food processing, soil sciences, oil reservoir modeling, oceanography etc. A very good agreement is found between the present paper and earlier published results.

scholarly journals On the Onset of Double-diffusive Convection in a Couple Stress Nanofluid in a Porous Medium

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 233-240
Author(s):  
Gian C. Rana ◽  
Ramesh Chand
Keyword(s):  
Porous Medium ◽  
Rayleigh Number ◽  
Couple Stress ◽  
Lewis Number ◽  
Double Diffusive Convection ◽  
Stationary Convection ◽  
Stress Parameter ◽  
Diffusive Convection ◽  
Double Diffusive ◽  
Solutal Rayleigh Number

Double-diffusive convection in a horizontal layer of nanofluid in a porous medium is studied. The couple-stress fluid model is considered to describe the rheological behavior of the nanofluid and for porous medium Darcy model is employed. The model applied for couple stress nanofluid incorporates the effect of Brownian motion and thermophoresis. We have assumed that the nanoparticle concentration flux is zero on the boundaries which neutralizes the possibility of oscillatory convection and only stationary convection occurs. The dispersion relation describing the effect of various parameters is derived by applying perturbation theory, normal mode analysis method and linear stability theory. The impact of various physical parameters, like the couple stress parameter, medium porosity, solutal Rayleigh Number, thermo-nanofluid Lewis number, thermo-solutal Lewis number, Soret parameter and Dufour parameter have been examined on the stationary convection. It is observed that the couple stress parameter, thermo-nanofluid Lewis number, thermo-solutal Lewis number, Soret parameter and Dufour parameter have stabilizing effects on the stationary convection whereas the solutal Rayleigh number and Dufour parameter have very small effect on the system.

scholarly journals Stability Convection in a Couple Stress Fluid Saturated in an Anisotropic Porous Medium with Internal Heating Effect

2020 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-84
Author(s):  
Nadia Diana Mohd Rusdi ◽  
Nor Fadzillah Mohd Mokhtar ◽  
Norazak Senu ◽  
Siti Suzilliana Putri Mohamed Isa
Keyword(s):  
Porous Medium ◽  
Rayleigh Number ◽  
Couple Stress ◽  
Anisotropy Parameter ◽  
Mechanical Anisotropy ◽  
Mode Analysis ◽  
Couple Stress Fluid ◽  
Heating Effect ◽  
Internal Heating ◽  
Anisotropic Porous Medium

Internal heating effect with stability convection in a couple stress fluid saturated in an anisotropic porous medium has been studied numerically using linear stability analysis. The presence of internal heating on couple stress fluid in an anisotropic porous medium heated from below has been verified. The momentum equation and Boussinesq approximation is used for the density variation in the porous medium. By using Chebyshev Tau method numerically, the eigenvalue problems of the perturbed state were obtained from a normal mode analysis. The effect of the Rayleigh number, internal heat source and anisotropy parameter has been shown graphically. The critical Rayleigh number also has been obtained and plotted on the system. From the result, it is found that the mechanical anisotropy parameter and internal heating effect destabilized the system while couple stress fluid and thermal anisotropy parameter help in stabilizing the system.

scholarly journals Effect of hall currents on thermal instability of dusty couple stress fluid

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 3-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amrish Kumar Aggarwal ◽  
Anushri Verma
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Couple Stress ◽  
Thermal Instability ◽  
Normal Mode Analysis ◽  
Mode Analysis ◽  
Dust Particles ◽  
Couple Stress Fluid ◽  
Stationary Convection ◽  
Linearized Stability ◽  
Stabilizing Effect

Abstract In this paper, effect of Hall currents on the thermal instability of couple-stress fluid permeated with dust particles has been considered. Following the linearized stability theory and normal mode analysis, the dispersion relation is obtained. For the case of stationary convection, dust particles and Hall currents are found to have destabilizing effect while couple stresses have stabilizing effect on the system. Magnetic field induced by Hall currents has stabilizing/destabilizing effect under certain conditions. It is found that due to the presence of Hall currents (hence magnetic field), oscillatory modes are produced which were non-existent in their absence.

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