scholarly journals Hydrothermal and Entropy Investigation of Ag/MgO/H2O Hybrid Nanofluid Natural Convection in a Novel Shape of Porous Cavity

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1722
Author(s):  
Nidal Abu-Libdeh ◽  
Fares Redouane ◽  
Abderrahmane Aissa ◽  
Fateh Mebarek-Oudina ◽  
Ahmad Almuhtady ◽  
...  

In this study, a new cavity form filled under a constant magnetic field by Ag/MgO/H2O nanofluids and porous media consistent with natural convection and total entropy is examined. The nanofluid flow is considered to be laminar and incompressible, while the advection inertia effect in the porous layer is taken into account by adopting the Darcy–Forchheimer model. The problem is explained in the dimensionless form of the governing equations and solved by the finite element method. The results of the values of Darcy (Da), Hartmann (Ha) and Rayleigh (Ra) numbers, porosity (εp), and the properties of solid volume fraction (ϕ) and flow fields were studied. The findings show that with each improvement in the Ha number, the heat transfer rate becomes more limited, and thus the magnetic field can be used as an outstanding heat transfer controller.

2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 489-501 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ehsan Sourtiji ◽  
Seyed Hosseinizadeh

A numerical study of natural convection heat transfer through an alumina-water nanofluid inside L-shaped cavities in the presence of an external magnetic field is performed. The study has been carried out for a wide range of important parame?ters such as Rayleigh number, Hartmann number, aspect ratio of the cavity and solid volume fraction of the nanofluid. The influence of the nanoparticle, buoyancy force and the magnetic field on the flow and temperature fields have been plotted and discussed. The results show that after a critical Rayleigh number depending on the aspect ratio, the heat transfer in the cavity rises abruptly due to some significant changes in flow field. It is also found that the heat transfer enhances in the presence of the nanoparticles and increases with solid volume fraction of the nanofluid. In addition, the performance of the nanofluid utilization is more effective at high Ray?leigh numbers. The influence of the magnetic field has been also studied and de?duced that it has a remarkable effect on the heat transfer and flow field in the cavity that as the Hartmann number increases the overall Nusselt number is significantly decreased specially at high Rayleigh numbers.


2020 ◽  
Vol 92 (1) ◽  
pp. 10904 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rabeh Slimani ◽  
Abderrahmane Aissa ◽  
Fateh Mebarek-Oudina ◽  
Umair Khan ◽  
M. Sahnoun ◽  
...  

The current study investigates MHD natural convection heat transfer of a hybrid nanofluid in a truncated cone along with transparent domains having the stimulus of an inherent constant magnetic field. The governing equations subject to the physical boundary conditions are solved numerically by using the Galerkin finite element method. The effects of the various parameters involved in the problem such as the Rayleigh number Ra (ranging between 103 and 106), the Hartmann number Ha (ranging between 0 and 60), and the porosity ratio ε (0.1–0.9) are examined. Moreover, the effects of Da which represents the Darcy number (between 10‑3 and 10‑1) and the volume fraction of nanoparticles ϕ for the dissipated nanoparticles of Al2O3-Cu are reported in terms of the streamlines and isotherms distributions as well as the Nusselt number. Such parameters are critical control parameters for both the fluid flow and the rate of heat transfer of the natural convection in the annular space. The solution outcomes proof that the average Nusselt number varies directly with the dynamic field flowing through a porous media, whereas it behaves inversely with the magnetic field.


Author(s):  
Subramanian Muthukumar ◽  
Selvaraj Sureshkumar ◽  
Arthanari Malleswaran ◽  
Murugan Muthtamilselvan ◽  
Eswari Prem

Abstract A numerical investigation on the effects of uniform and non-uniform heating of bottom wall on mixed convective heat transfer in a square porous chamber filled with nanofluid in the appearance of magnetic field is carried out. Uniform or sinusoidal heat source is fixed at the bottom wall. The top wall moves in either positive or negative direction with a constant cold temperature. The vertical sidewalls are thermally insulated. The finite volume approach based on SIMPLE algorithm is followed for solving the governing equations. The different parameters connected with this study are Richardson number (0.01 ≤ Ri ≤ 100), Darcy number (10−4 ≤ Da ≤ 10−1), Hartmann number (0 ≤ Ha ≤ 70), and the solid volume fraction (0.00 ≤ χ ≤ 0.06). The results are presented graphically in the form of isotherms, streamlines, mid-plane velocities, and Nusselt numbers for the various combinations of the considered parameters. It is observed that the overall heat transfer rate is low at Ri = 100 in the positive direction of lid movement, whereas it is low at Ri = 1 in the negative direction. The average Nusselt number is lowered on growing Hartmann number for all considered moving directions of top wall with non-uniform heating. The low permeability, Da = 10−4 keeps the flow pattern same dominating the magnetic field, whereas magnetic field strongly affects the flow pattern dominating the high Darcy number Da = 10−1. The heat transfer rate increases on enhancing the solid volume fraction regardless of the magnetic field.


Author(s):  
S. Hosseinzadeh ◽  
Kh. Hosseinzadeh ◽  
A. Hasibi ◽  
D.D. Ganji

In this paper, the flow of non-Newtonian blood fluid with nanoparticles inside a vessel with a porous wall in presence of a magnetic field have been investigated. This study aimed to investigate various parameters such as magnetic field and porosity on velocity, temperature, and concentration profiles. In this research, three different models (Vogel, Reynolds and Constant) for viscosity have been used as an innovation. The governing equations are solved by Akbari-Ganji's Method (AGM) analytical method and the Finite Element Method (FEM) is used to better represent the phenomena in the vessel. The results show that increasing the Gr number, porosity and negative pressure increase the blood velocity and increasing the magnetic field intensity decrease the blood velocity.


2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Iskandar Waini ◽  
Anuar Ishak ◽  
Ioan Pop ◽  
Roslinda Nazar

Purpose This paper aims to examine the Cu-Al2O3/water hybrid nanofluid flow over a shrinking sheet in the presence of the magnetic field and dust particles. Design/methodology/approach The governing partial differential equations for the two-phase flow of the hybrid nanofluid and the dust particles are reduced to ordinary differential equations using a similarity transformation. Then, these equations are solved using bvp4c in MATLAB software. The bvp4c solver is a finite-difference code that implements the three-stage Lobatto IIIa formula. The numerical results are gained for several values of the physical parameters. The effects of these parameters on the flow and the thermal characteristics of the hybrid nanofluid and the dust particles are analyzed and discussed. Later, the temporal stability analysis is used to determine the stability of the dual solutions obtained as time evolves. Findings The outcome shows that the flow is unlikely to exist unless satisfactory suction strength is imposed on the shrinking sheet. Besides, the heat transfer rate on the shrinking sheet decreases with the increase of . However, the increase in and lead to enhance the heat transfer rate. Two solutions are found, where the domain of the solutions is expanded with the rising of, and. Consequently, the boundary layer separation on the surface is delayed in the presence of these parameters. Implementing the temporal stability analysis, it is found that only one of the solutions is stable as time evolves. Originality/value The dusty fluid problem has been widely studied for the flow over a stretching sheet, but only limited findings can be found for the shrinking counterpart. Therefore, this study considers the problem of the dusty fluid flow over a shrinking sheet containing Cu-Al2O3/water hybrid nanofluid with the effect of the magnetic field. In fact, this is the first study to discover the dual solutions of the dusty hybrid nanofluid flow over a shrinking sheet. Also, further analysis shows that only one of the solutions is stable as time evolves.


2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 50-71
Author(s):  
M. Muthtamilselvan ◽  
S. Sureshkumar

Abstract This paper is intended to investigate the effects of an inclined magnetic field on the mixed convection flow in a lid-driven porous enclosure filled with nanofluid. Both the left and right vertical walls of the cavity are thermally insulated while the bottom and top horizontal walls are maintained at constant but different temperatures. The governing equations are solved numerically by using finite volume method on a uniformly staggered grid system. The computational results are obtained for various combinations of Richardson number, Darcy number, Hartmann number, inclination angle of magnetic field, and solid volume fraction. It is found that the presence of magnetic field deteriorates the fluid flow, which leads to a significant reduction in the overall heat transfer rate. The inclination angle of magnetic field plays a major role in controlling the magnetic field strength and the overall heat transfer rate is enhanced with the increase of inclination angle of magnetic field. Adding the nanoparticles in the base fluid significantly increases the overall heat transfer rate in the porous medium whether the magnetic field is considered or not.


2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 279-292
Author(s):  
H. Saleh ◽  
I. Hashim

AbstractMagnetohydrodynamic natural convection heat transfer in a rotating, differentially heated enclosure is studied numerically in this article. The governing equations are in velocity, pressure and temperature formulation and solved using the staggered grid arrangement together with MAC method. The governing parameters considered are the Hartmann number, 0≤Ha≤70, the inclination angle of the magnetic field, 0°≤θ 90°, the Taylor number, 8.9 x 104≤Ta≤1.1 x 106 and the centrifugal force is smaller than the Coriolis force and the both forces were kept below the buoyancy force. It is found that a sufficiently large Lorentz force neutralizes the effect of buoyancy, inertial and Coriolis forces. Horizontal or vertical direction of the magnetic field was most effective in reducing the global heat transfer.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 4683
Author(s):  
Areum Lee ◽  
Chinnasamy Veerakumar ◽  
Honghyun Cho

This paper discusses the forced convective heat transfer characteristics of water–ethylene glycol (EG)-based Fe3O4 nanofluid and Fe3O4–MWCNT hybrid nanofluid under the effect of a magnetic field. The results indicated that the convective heat transfer coefficient of magnetic nanofluids increased with an increase in the strength of the magnetic field. When the magnetic field strength was varied from 0 to 750 G, the maximum convective heat transfer coefficients were observed for the 0.2 wt% Fe3O4 and 0.1 wt% Fe3O4–MWNCT nanofluids, and the improvements were approximately 2.78% and 3.23%, respectively. The average pressure drops for 0.2 wt% Fe3O4 and 0.2 wt% Fe3O4–MWNCT nanofluids increased by about 4.73% and 5.23%, respectively. Owing to the extensive aggregation of nanoparticles by the external magnetic field, the heat transfer coefficient of the 0.1 wt% Fe3O4–MWNCT hybrid nanofluid was 5% higher than that of the 0.2 wt% Fe3O4 nanofluid. Therefore, the convective heat transfer can be enhanced by the dispersion stability of the nanoparticles and optimization of the magnetic field strength.


2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Sheikholeslami ◽  
R. Ellahi ◽  
C. Fetecau

Impact of nanofluid natural convection due to magnetic field in existence of melting heat transfer is simulated using CVFEM in this research. KKL model is taken into account to obtain properties of CuO–H2O nanofluid. Roles of melting parameter (δ), CuO–H2O volume fraction (ϕ), Hartmann number (Ha), and Rayleigh (Ra) number are depicted in outputs. Results depict that temperature gradient improves with rise of Rayleigh number and melting parameter. Nusselt number detracts with rise of Ha. At the end, a comparison as a limiting case of the considered problem with the existing studies is made and found in good agreement.


2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahbuba Tasmin ◽  
Preetom Nag ◽  
Zarin T. Hoque ◽  
Md. Mamun Molla

AbstractA numerical study on heat transfer and entropy generation in natural convection of non-Newtonian nanofluid flow has been explored within a differentially heated two-dimensional wavy porous cavity. In the present study, copper (Cu)–water nanofluid is considered for the investigation where the specific behavior of Cu nanoparticles in water is considered to behave as non-Newtonian based on previously established experimental results. The power-law model and the Brinkman-extended Darcy model has been used to characterize the non-Newtonian porous medium. The governing equations of the flow are solved using the finite volume method with the collocated grid arrangement. Numerical results are presented through streamlines, isotherms, local Nusselt number and entropy generation rate to study the effects of a range of Darcy number (Da), volume fractions (ϕ) of nanofluids, Rayleigh numbers (Ra), and the power-law index (n). Results show that the rate of heat transfer from the wavy wall to the medium becomes enhanced by decreasing the power-law index but increasing the volume fraction of nanoparticles. Increase of porosity level and buoyancy forces of the medium augments flow strength and results in a thinner boundary layer within the cavity. At negligible porosity level of the enclosure, effect of volume fraction of nanoparticles over thermal conductivity of the nanofluids is imperceptible. Interestingly, when the Darcy–Rayleigh number $$Ra^*\gg 10$$ R a ∗ ≫ 10 , the power-law effect becomes more significant than the volume fraction effect in the augmentation of the convective heat transfer process. The local entropy generation is highly dominated by heat transfer irreversibility within the porous enclosure for all conditions of the flow medium. The particular wavy shape of the cavity strongly influences the heat transfer flow pattern and local entropy generation. Interestingly, contour graphs of local entropy generation and local Bejan number show a rotationally symmetric pattern of order two about the center of the wavy cavity.


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