Combined Effects of Magnetic Field and Thermal Radiation on Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer of Mixed Convection in a Vertical Cylindrical Annulus

2016 ◽  
Vol 138 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben-Wen Li ◽  
Wei Wang ◽  
Jing-Kui Zhang

Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD, also for magnetohydrodynamics) mixed convection of electrically conducting and radiative participating fluid is studied in a differentially heated vertical annulus. The outer cylinder is stationary, and the inner cylinder is rotating at a constant angular speed around its axis. The temperature difference between the two cylindrical walls creates buoyancy force, due to the density variation. A constant axial magnetic field is also imposed to resist the fluid motion. The nonlinear integro-differential equation, which characterizes the radiation transfer, is solved by the discrete ordinates method (DOM). The MHD equations, which describe the magnetic and transport phenomena, are solved by the collocation spectral method (CSM). Detailed numerical results of heat transfer rate, velocity, and temperature fields are presented for 0≤Ha≤100, 0.1≤τL≤10, 0≤ω≤1, and 0.2≤εW≤1. The computational results reveal that the fluid flow and heat transfer are effectively suppressed by the magnetic field as expected. Substantial changes occur in flow patterns as well as in isotherms, when the optical thickness and emissivity of the walls vary in the specified ranges. However, the flow structure and the temperature distribution change slightly when the scattering albedo increases from 0 to 0.5, but a substantial change is observed when it increases to 1.

2019 ◽  
Vol 141 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Shakiba ◽  
Asghar B. Rahimi

The steady, viscous flow and mixed convection heat transfer of an incompressible electrically conducting fluid within a vertical cylindrical annulus with moving walls are investigated. This annulus is under the influence of a radial magnetic field and the fluid is suctioned/injected through the cylinders' walls. An exact solution of the Navier–Stokes equations and energy equation is derived in this problem where heat is transferred from the hot cylinder walls with constant temperature to the cooler moving fluid. The role of the movement of the annulus walls is studied on the flow and heat transfer of the fluid within the annulus, for the first time. The effects of other parameters, including Prandtl number, Hartman number, mixed convection parameter, suction/injection parameter and ratio of the radius, on the behavior of the flow and heat transfer of the fluid is also considered. The results indicate that if, for example, the internal cylinder wall moves in the direction of z-axis and the external cylinder is stationary, the maximum and minimum heat transfer occur on the walls of internal and external cylinders, respectively. Moreover, the augmentation of the radius ratio between the two cylinders increases the rate of heat transfer and decreases the shear stress on the wall of the internal and external cylinders, however, the results on the wall of external cylinder are exactly the reverse. Consequently, by changing the effective parameters used in this paper, the flow of the fluid can be controlled and the heat transfer of the fluid can be improved.


2018 ◽  
Vol 389 ◽  
pp. 164-175
Author(s):  
Houssem Laidoudi ◽  
Bilal Blissag ◽  
Mohamed Bouzit

In this paper, the numerical simulations of laminar mixed convection heat transfer from row of three isothermal square cylinders placed in side-by-side arrangement are carried out to understand the behavior of fluid flow around those cylinders under gradual effect of thermal buoyancy and its effect on the evacuation of heat energy. The numerical results are presented and discussed for the range of these conditions: Re = 10 to 40, Ri = 0 to 2 at fixed value of Prandtl number of Pr = 1 and at fixed geometrical configuration. In order to analyze the effect of thermal buoyancy on fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics the main results are illustrated in terms of streamline and isotherm contours. The total drag coefficient as well as average Nusselt number of each cylinder are also computed to determine exactly the effect of buoyancy strength on hydrodynamic force and heat transfer evacuation of each cylinder.


2019 ◽  
Vol 141 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Orkodip Mookherjee ◽  
Shantanu Pramanik

Abstract A numerical study of magneto-hydrodynamic mixed convection in a cavity has been conducted to investigate the influence of magnetic field on integrated flux of thermal energy, linear momentum, and kinetic energy. Shear force through lid motion establishes the forced convection effect and buoyancy force due to differential heating of the moving lid and the stationary interface ensures the natural convection phenomenon. Additionally, conduction through the solid slab with prescribed temperature at the outer surface attached to the cavity induces conjugate heat transfer. Further, the top and bottom walls throughout the domain are kept insulated and a uniform horizontal magnetic field is applied on the interface toward left. Fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics are examined for a range of Hartmann number (Ha): 0, 10, 50, and 120 at fixed values of Reynolds number, Grashof number, and Prandtl number of 300, 9 × 104 and 0.71, respectively. The result shows that the transport of heat in the near wall regions of the fluid domain is primarily governed by diffusion, whereas advection appears stronger in the central region of the cavity. Increase in magnetic field strength from Ha = 0 to 120 gradually suppresses the recirculating structure of the flow signifying a reduction in advective strength as depicted by the decrease in the value of total integrated heat flux from 25.15×10-3 to 6.0×10-3. The reduction in heat flux, momentum fluxes, and kinetic energy fluxes with increase in magnetic field has been well correlated in the range of 0≤Ha≤120.


2020 ◽  
Vol 143 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Basanta Kumar Rana ◽  
Bhajneet Singh ◽  
Jnana Ranjan Senapati

Abstract Numerical investigations are performed on natural and mixed convection around stationary and rotating vertical heated hollow cylinder with negligible wall thickness suspended in the air. The fluid flow and heat transfer characterization around the hollow cylinder are obtained by varying the following parameters, namely, Rayleigh number (Ra), Reynolds number (ReD), and cylindrical aspect ratio (L/D). The heat transfer quantities are estimated by varying the Rayleigh number (Ra) from 104 to 108 and aspect ratio (L/D) ranging from 1 to 20. Steady mixed convection with active rotation of hollow vertical cylinder is further studied by varying the Reynolds number (ReD) from 0 to 2100. The velocity vectors and temperature contours are shown in order to understand the fluid flow and heat transfer around the vertical hollow cylinder for both rotating and nonrotating cases. The surface average Nusselt number trends are presented for various instances of Ra, ReD, and L/D and found out that the higher rate of heat loss from the cylinder wall occurs at high Ra, low L/D (short cylinder) and high ReD.


2007 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 127-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshiyuki Misumi ◽  
Syogo Shigemaru ◽  
Kenzo Kitamura ◽  
Kazunori Kamiya

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