scholarly journals Thermal Non-Equilibrium Heat Transfer Modeling of Hybrid Nanofluids in a Structure Composed of the Layers of Solid and Porous Media and Free Nanofluids

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 541 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali J. Chamkha ◽  
Sina Sazegar ◽  
Esmael Jamesahar ◽  
Mohammad Ghalambaz
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Porous Medium ◽  
Conjugate Heat Transfer ◽  
Hybrid Nanofluid ◽  
Governing Equations ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer ◽  
Clear Space ◽  
Hybrid Nanofluids ◽  
Solid Block ◽  
Non Equilibrium

The free convection heat transfer of hybrid nanofluids in a cavity space composed of a clear flow, porous medium and a solid part is addressed. The cavity is heated from the bottom and cooled from the top. The side walls are well insulated. The upper part of the cavity is a clear space with no porous or solid materials and is filled with hybrid nanofluid. The bottom part is divided into two parts of a porous space saturated with the hybrid nanofluid and a solid thermal conductive block. There are conjugate heat transfer mechanisms between the solid block and the porous medium filled with the hybrid nanofluid as well as the hybrid nanofluid in the clear space. For the porous medium model, the local thermal non-equilibrium effects are considered. The hybrid nanofluids contain copper (20 nm) and alumina nanoparticles (40 nm) hybrid nanoparticles. The governing equations for the flow and heat transfer of the hybrid nanofluid in the clear space and the porous medium are introduced. Considering the conjugate heat transfer between the solid block and the hybrid nanofluid fluid in the pores and the porous matrix, appropriate boundary conditions for heat channeling are utilized. The governing equations are transformed into non-dimensional form to generalize the model. The finite element method is employed to solve the equations. The grid check and validation procedure are performed. Subsequently streamlines, isotherms, and Nusselt number are studied as important aspects of flow and heat transfer in the cavity. The increase in the portion of the clear flow part in the cavity enhances heat transfer due to better hybrid nanofluid circulation.

scholarly journals Free convection heat transfer of MgO-MWCNTs/EG hybrid nanofluid in a porous complex shaped cavity with MHD and thermal radiation effects

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (11) ◽  
pp. 4349-4376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ghalambaz ◽  
Mahmoud Sabour ◽  
Ioan Pop ◽  
Dongsheng Wen
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Porous Medium ◽  
Complex Shape ◽  
Convection Heat Transfer ◽  
Hybrid Nanofluid ◽  
Convection Heat ◽  
Governing Equations ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Hybrid Nanofluids

Purpose The present study aims to address the flow and heat transfer of MgO-MWCNTs/EG hybrid nanofluid in a complex shape enclosure filled with a porous medium. The enclosure is subject to a uniform inclined magnetic field and radiation effects. The effect of the presence of a variable magnetic field on the natural convection heat transfer of hybrid nanofluids in a complex shape cavity is studied for the first time. The geometry of the cavity is an annular space with an isothermal wavy outer cold wall. Two types of the porous medium, glass ball and aluminum metal foam, are adopted for the porous space. The governing equations for mass, momentum and heat transfer of the hybrid nanofluid are introduced and transformed into non-dimensional form. The actual available thermal conductivity and dynamic viscosity data for the hybrid nanofluid are directly used for thermophysical properties of the hybrid nanofluid. Design/methodology/approach The governing equations for mass, momentum and heat transfer of hybrid nanofluid are introduced and transformed into non-dimensional form. The thermal conductivity and dynamic viscosity of the nanofluid are directly used from the experimental results available in the literature. The finite element method is used to solve the governing equations. Grid check procedure and validations were performed. Findings The effect of Hartmann number, Rayleigh number, Darcy number, the shape of the cavity and the type of porous medium on the thermal performance of the cavity are studied. The outcomes show that using the composite nanoparticles boosts the convective heat transfer. However, the rise of the volume fraction of nanoparticles would reduce the overall enhancement. Considering a convective dominant regime of natural convection flow with Rayleigh number of 107, the maximum enhancement ratio (Nusselt number ratio compared to the pure fluid) for the case of glass ball is about 1.17 and for the case of aluminum metal foam is about 1.15 when the volume fraction of hybrid nanoparticles is minimum as 0.2 per cent. Originality/value The effect of the presence of a variable magnetic field on the natural convection heat transfer of a new type of hybrid nanofluids, MgO-MWCNTs/EG, in a complex shape cavity is studied for the first time. The results of this paper are new and original with many practical applications of hybrid nanofluids in the modern industry.

Free convection of a hybrid nanofluid past a vertical plate embedded in a porous medium with anisotropic permeability

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (8) ◽  
pp. 4083-4101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aneela Bibi ◽  
Hang Xu ◽  
Qiang Sun ◽  
Ioan Pop ◽  
Qingkai Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Porous Medium ◽  
Stability Analysis ◽  
Flat Surface ◽  
Saturated Porous Medium ◽  
Heat Energy ◽  
Hybrid Nanofluid ◽  
Anisotropic Permeability ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Hybrid Nanofluids

Purpose This study aims to carry out an analysis for flow and heat transfer of a new hybrid nanofluid over a vertical flat surface embedded in a saturated porous medium with anisotropic permeability at high Rayleigh number. Here the hybrid nanofluid is considered as the working fluid, with different kinds of small particles in nanoscale being suspended. Design/methodology/approach The generalized homogenous model is introduced to describe the behaviors of hybrid nanofluid. Within the framework of the boundary layer approximations, the governing equations embodying the conservation equations of total mass, momentum and thermal energy are reduced to a set of fully coupled ordinary differential equations via relevant scaling transformations. A flow stability analysis is performed to examine the behavior of convective heat energy. Accurate solutions are obtained by means of a very efficient homotopy-based package BVPh 2.0. Findings Results show that the linear correlations of physical quantities among the base fluid and its suspended nanoparticles are adequate to give accurate results for simulation of behaviors of hybrid nanofluids. Heat enhancement can be also fulfilled by hybrid nanofluids. A flow stability analysis suggests the heat-related power index m > −1/3 for satisfying the increasing behavior of convective heat energy. Originality/value Free convection of a hybrid nanofluid near a vertical flat surface embedded in a saturated porous medium with anisotropic permeability is investigated for the first time. The simplified hybrid nanofluid model is proposed for describing nanofluid behaviors. The results of this proposed approach agree well with those given by the traditional hybrid nanofluid model and experiment. It is expected that, by using different combinations of various kinds of nanoparticles, the new generation of heat transfer fluids can be fabricated, which possess similar thermal-physical properties as regular nanofluids but with lower cost.

Effect of Magnetic Field on the Laminar Heat Transfer Performance of Hybrid Nanofluid in a Lid Driven Cavity Over Solid Block

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajesh Nimmagadda ◽  
Durga Prakash Matta ◽  
Rony Reuven ◽  
Lazarus Godson Asirvatham ◽  
Somchai Wongwises ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Uniform Magnetic Field ◽  
Conjugate Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Performance ◽  
Hybrid Nanofluid ◽  
Transfer Performance ◽  
Driven Cavity ◽  
The Magnetic Field ◽  
Solid Block

Abstract A 2D numerical investigation has been carried out to obtain the heat transfer performance of hybrid (Al2O3 + Ag) nanofluid in a lid driven cavity over solid block under the influence of uniform as well as non-uniform magnetic field. The geometrical domain consists of a cavity containing nanofluid that is driven by means of lid moving in one direction. This circulating nanofluid will extract enormous amount of heat from the solid block underneath the cavity resulting in conjugate heat transfer. A homogenous solver based on the finite volume method with conjugate heat transfer was developed and adopted in the existing study. The heat efficient hybrid nanofluid (HyNF) pair (2.4 vol.% Ag + 0.6 vol.% Al2O3) obtained by Nimmagadda and Venkatasubbaiah [1] is used in the present investigation. Moreover, efficient non-uniform sinusoidal magnetic field identified by Nimmagadda et al. [2] is also implemented and compared with uniform magnetic field. Furthermore, the magnetic field is applied over the geometrical domain along the two axial directions separately and the effective heat transfer performance is obtained. The significant impact of extensive parameters like Reynolds number, nanoparticle type, nanoparticle concentration, magnetic field type, magnetic field location and the strength of the magnetic field on heat transfer performance are systematically analyzed and presented.

scholarly journals Entropy Generation and Natural Convection Flow of Hybrid Nanofluids in a Partially Divided Wavy Cavity Including Solid Blocks

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 2942 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ammar I. Alsabery ◽  
Ishak Hashim ◽  
Ahmad Hajjar ◽  
Mohammad Ghalambaz ◽  
Sohail Nadeem ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Entropy Generation ◽  
Convection Flow ◽  
Hybrid Nanofluid ◽  
Bejan Number ◽  
The Finite Element Method ◽  
Governing Equations ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer ◽  
Hybrid Nanofluids ◽  
Wavy Cavity ◽  
Rayleigh Numbers

The present investigation addressed the entropy generation, fluid flow, and heat transfer regarding Cu-Al 2 O 3 -water hybrid nanofluids into a complex shape enclosure containing a hot-half partition were addressed. The sidewalls of the enclosure are made of wavy walls including cold isothermal temperature while the upper and lower surfaces remain insulated. The governing equations toward conservation of mass, momentum, and energy were introduced into the form of partial differential equations. The second law of thermodynamic was written for the friction and thermal entropy productions as a function of velocity and temperatures. The governing equations occurred molded into a non-dimensional pattern and explained through the finite element method. Outcomes were investigated for Cu-water, Al 2 O 3 -water, and Cu-Al 2 O 3 -water nanofluids to address the effect of using composite nanoparticles toward the flow and temperature patterns and entropy generation. Findings show that using hybrid nanofluid improves the Nusselt number compared to simple nanofluids. In the case of low Rayleigh numbers, such enhancement is more evident. Changing the geometrical aspects of the cavity induces different effects toward the entropy generation and Bejan number. Generally, the global entropy generation for Cu-Al 2 O 3 -water hybrid nanofluid takes places between the entropy generation values regarding Cu-water and Al 2 O 3 -water nanofluids.

Statistics of Mathematical Two-Scale Closure of Momentum, Heat and Charge Transport Problems With Stochastic Orientation of Porous Medium Capillaries

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. S. Travkin ◽  
K. Hu ◽  
I. Catton
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Porous Medium ◽  
Porous Media ◽  
Volume Averaging ◽  
Governing Equations ◽  
Rigorous Approach ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer ◽  
Model Flow ◽  
History Of ◽  
Transport Problems

Abstract The history of stochastic capillary porous media transport problem treatments almost corresponds to the history of porous media transport developments. Volume Averaging Theory (VAT), shown to be an effective and rigorous approach for study of transport (laminar and turbulent) phenomena, is used to model flow and heat transfer in capillary porous media. VAT based modeling of pore level transport in stochastic capillaries results in two sets of scale governing equations. This work shows how the two scale equations could be solved and how the results could be presented using statistical analysis. We demonstrate that stochastic orientation and diameter of the pores are incorporated in the upper scale simulation procedures. We are treating this problem with conditions of Bi for each pore is in a range when Bi ≳ 0.1 which allows even greater distinction in assessing an each additional differential, integral, or integral-differential term in the VAT equations.

Mixed convection and stability analysis of stagnation-point boundary layer flow and heat transfer of hybrid nanofluids over a vertical plate

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (7) ◽  
pp. 3737-3754 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ghalambaz ◽  
Natalia C. Roşca ◽  
Alin V. Roşca ◽  
Ioan Pop
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Stability Analysis ◽  
Mixed Convection ◽  
Boundary Layer Flow ◽  
Hybrid Nanofluid ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer ◽  
Hybrid Nanofluids ◽  
Layer Flow

Purpose This study aims to study the mixed convection flow and heat transfer of Al2O3-Cu/water hybrid nanofluid over a vertical plate. Governing equations for conservation of mass, momentum and energy for the hybrid nanofluid over a vertical flat plate are introduced. Design/methodology/approach The similarity transformation approach is used to transform the set of partial differential equations into a set of non-dimensional ordinary differential equations. Finite-deference with collocation method is used to integrate the governing equations for the velocity and temperature profiles. Findings The results show that dual solutions exist for the case of opposing flow over the plate. Linear stability analysis was performed to identify a stable solution. The stability analysis shows that the lower branch of the solution is always unstable, while the upper branch of the solution is always stable. The results of boundary layer analysis are reported for the various volume fractions of composite nanoparticles and mixed convection parameter. The outcomes show that the composition of nanoparticles can notably influence the boundary layer flow and heat transfer profiles. It is also found that the trend of the variation of surface skin friction and heat transfer for each of the dual solution branches can be different. The critical values of the mixed convection parameter, λ, where the dual solution branches joint together, are also under the influence of the composition of hybrid nanoparticles. For instance, assuming a total volume fraction of 5 per cent for the mixture of Al2O3 and Cu nanoparticles, the critical value of mixing parameter of λ changes from −3.1940 to −3.2561 by changing the composition of nanofluids from Al2O3 (5 per cent) + Cu (0%) to Al2O3 (2.5%) + Cu (2.5 per cent). Originality/value The mixed convection stability analysis and heat transfer study of hybrid nanofluids for a stagnation-point boundary layer flow are addressed for the first time. The introduced hybrid nanofluid model and similarity solution are new and of interest in both mathematical and physical points of view.

scholarly journals Flow and Heat Transfer Past a Stretching/Shrinking Sheet Using Modified Buongiorno Nanoliquid Model

Mathematics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (23) ◽  
pp. 3047
Author(s):  
Natalia C. Roşca ◽  
Alin V. Roşca ◽  
Emad H. Aly ◽  
Ioan Pop
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Skin Friction Coefficient ◽  
Shrinking Sheet ◽  
Hybrid Nanofluid ◽  
Heat Transfer Characteristics ◽  
Transfer Characteristics ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer ◽  
Hybrid Nanofluids ◽  
Layer Flow ◽  
Shrinking Surface

This paper studies the boundary layer flow and heat transfer characteristics past a permeable isothermal stretching/shrinking surface using both nanofluid and hybrid nanofluid flows (called modified Buongiorno nonliquid model). Using appropriate similarity variables, the PDEs are transformed into ODEs to be solved numerically using the function bvp4c from MATLAB. It was found that the solutions of the resulting system have two branches, upper and lower branch solutions, in a certain range of the suction, stretching/shrinking and hybrid nanofluids parameters. Both the analytic and numerical results are obtained for the skin friction coefficient, local Nusselt number, and velocity and temperature distributions, for several values of the governing parameters. It results in the governing parameters considerably affecting the flow and heat transfer characteristics.

Pseudoplastic natural convection flow and heat transfer in a cylindrical vertical cavity partially filled with a porous layer

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 1096-1114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kasra Ayoubi Ayoubloo ◽  
Mohammad Ghalambaz ◽  
Taher Armaghani ◽  
Aminreza Noghrehabadi ◽  
Ali J. Chamkha
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Porous Medium ◽  
Free Convection ◽  
Porous Layer ◽  
Power Law ◽  
Convection Flow ◽  
Governing Equations ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer ◽  
Vertical Cavity

Purpose This paper aims to theoritically investigate the free convection flow and heat transfer of a non-Newtonian fluid with pseudoplastic behavior in a cylindrical vertical cavity partially filled with a layer of a porous medium. Design/methodology/approach The non-Newtonian behavior of the pseudoplastic liquid is described by using a power-law non-Newtonian model. There is a temperature difference between the internal and external cylinders. The porous layer is attached to the internal cylinder and has a thickness of D. Upper and lower walls of the cavity are well insulated. The governing equations are transformed into a non-dimensional form to generalize the solution. The finite element method is used to solve the governing equations numerically. The results are compared with the literature results in several cases and found in good agreement. Findings The influence of the thickness of the porous layer, Rayleigh number and non-Newtonian index on the heat transfer behavior of a non-Newtonian pseudoplastic fluid is addressed. The increase of pseudoplastic behavior and increase of the thickness of the porous layer enhances the heat transfer. By increase of the porous layer from 0.6 to 0.8, the average Nusselt number increased from 0.15 to 0.25. The increase of non-Newtonian effects (decrease of the non-Newtonian power-law index) enhances the heat transfer rate. Originality/value The free convection behavior of a pseudoplastic-non-Newtonian fluid in a cylindrical enclosure partially filled by a layer of a porous medium is addressed for the first time.

scholarly journals A Novel Hybrid Model for Cu–Al2O3/H2O Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer in Convergent/Divergent Channels

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 1686
Author(s):  
Umar Khan ◽  
Adnan ◽  
Naveed Ahmed ◽  
Syed Tauseef Mohyud-Din ◽  
Dumitru Baleanu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Nusselt Number ◽  
Aluminum Oxide ◽  
Hybrid Nanofluid ◽  
Nanofluid Flow ◽  
Flow Parameters ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer ◽  
Self Similar ◽  
Hybrid Nanofluids ◽  
Novel Model

In the present study, our aim is to present a novel model for the flow of hybrid nanofluids in oblique channels. Copper and aluminum oxide have been used to obtain a novel hybrid nanofluid. The equations that govern the flow of hybrid nanofluids have been transformed to a set of nonlinear equations with the implementation of self-similar variables. The resulting system is treated numerically by using coupled shooting and Runge–Kutta (R-K) scheme. The behavior of velocity and temperature is examined by altering the flow parameters. The cases for narrowing (convergent) and opening (divergent) channels are discussed, and the influence of various parameters on Nusselt number is also presented. To indicate the reliability of the study, a comparison is made that confirms the accuracy of the study presented.

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