scholarly journals Mixed Convection in a Double Lid-Driven Cavity Filled with Hybrid Nanofluid by Using Finite Volume Method

Symmetry ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 1977
Author(s):  
I.R. Ali ◽  
Ammar I. Alsabery ◽  
N.A. Bakar ◽  
Rozaini Roslan
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Mixed Convection ◽  
Finite Volume Method ◽  
Finite Volume ◽  
Cavity Length ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Rectangular Cavity ◽  
Hybrid Nanofluid ◽  
Horizontal Wall ◽  
Volume Method

The understanding of mixed convection heat transfer in cavity is crucial for studying the energy consumption and efficiency in many engineering devices. In the present work, the hybrid nanofluid (Al2O3-Cu-Water) is employed to increase the heat transfer rate in a double lid-driven rectangular cavity. The bottom movable horizontal wall is kept at a high temperature while the top movable horizontal wall is kept at a low temperature. The sidewalls are insulated. The mass, momentum and energy equations are numerically solved using the Finite Volume Method (FVM). The SIMPLE algorithm is used for pressure-velocity coupling. Parameters such as Reynold’s number (Re), Richardson number (Ri), moving wall direction, solid volume fraction, and cavity length are studied. The results show that the hybrid nanofluid in the rectangular cavity is able to augment the heat transfer significantly. When Re is high, a big size solid body can augment the heat transfer. Heat transfer increases with respect to Ri. Meanwhile, the local Nusselt number decreases with respect to the cavity length.

scholarly journals Comparison of the Finite Volume and Lattice Boltzmann Methods for Solving Natural Convection Heat Transfer Problems inside Cavities and Enclosures

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Goodarzi ◽  
M. R. Safaei ◽  
A. Karimipour ◽  
K. Hooman ◽  
M. Dahari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Natural Convection ◽  
Finite Volume Method ◽  
Finite Volume ◽  
Lattice Boltzmann ◽  
Convection Heat Transfer ◽  
Natural Convection Heat Transfer ◽  
Convection Heat ◽  
Square Enclosure ◽  
Volume Method

Different numerical methods have been implemented to simulate internal natural convection heat transfer and also to identify the most accurate and efficient one. A laterally heated square enclosure, filled with air, was studied. A FORTRAN code based on the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) was developed for this purpose. The finite difference method was applied to discretize the LBM equations. Furthermore, for comparison purpose, the commercially available CFD package FLUENT, which uses finite volume Method (FVM), was also used to simulate the same problem. Different discretization schemes, being the first order upwind, second order upwind, power law, and QUICK, were used with the finite volume solver where the SIMPLE and SIMPLEC algorithms linked the velocity-pressure terms. The results were also compared with existing experimental and numerical data. It was observed that the finite volume method requires less CPU usage time and yields more accurate results compared to the LBM. It has been noted that the 1st order upwind/SIMPLEC combination converges comparatively quickly with a very high accuracy especially at the boundaries. Interestingly, all variants of FVM discretization/pressure-velocity linking methods lead to almost the same number of iterations to converge but higher-order schemes ask for longer iterations.

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