Effect of heated wall position on heat transfer and entropy generation of Cu–water nanofluid flow in an open cavity

2015 ◽  
Vol 93 (12) ◽  
pp. 1615-1629 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zouhaier Mehrez ◽  
Afif El Cafsi ◽  
Ali Belghith ◽  
Patrick Le Quéré
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Entropy Generation ◽  
Richardson Number ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Open Cavity ◽  
Bottom Wall ◽  
Heated Wall ◽  
Nanoparticle Volume Fraction ◽  
Minimum Entropy ◽  
Nanofluid Flow

This paper reports the numerical results of the mixed convection and entropy generation of Cu–water nanofluid flow in an open cavity heated from different sides with non-uniform temperature distribution. The finite volume method is used to solve the governing equations. The analysis is carried out by a range of Richardson numbers, 0.01 ≤ Ri ≤ 10, at a nanoparticle volume fraction of 0 ≤ [Formula: see text] ≤ 0.1, and Reynolds number Re = 200, with a cavity aspect ratio of L/H = 2. Three heating modes are considered: (A) the left wall is heated (inflow side, assisting flow); (B) the horizontal bottom wall is heated; and (C) the right wall is heated (outflow side, opposing flow). The results show that the heat transfer and the entropy generation increase with increasing Richardson number and nanoparticle volume fraction. The highest heat transfer and entropy generation are obtained with heating mode C (opposing flow). The contribution of heat transfer and fluid friction irreversibilities in the entropy generation depends on Richardson number and the heater position. The present investigation shows that the configuration with non-isothermal heater located at the bottom wall (B) has the highest performance in terms of heat transfer enhancement with minimum entropy generation.

scholarly journals Non-Newtonian effect on heat transfer and entropy generation of natural convection nanofluid flow inside a vertical wavy porous cavity

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahbuba Tasmin ◽  
Preetom Nag ◽  
Zarin T. Hoque ◽  
Md. Mamun Molla
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Natural Convection ◽  
Entropy Generation ◽  
Power Law ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Local Entropy ◽  
Nanofluid Flow ◽  
Porosity Level ◽  
Power Law Index ◽  
Local Entropy Generation

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.

Thermodynamic optimization of nanofluid flow over a non-isothermal wedge with nonlinear radiation and activation energy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
M R Acharya ◽  
P Mishra ◽  
Satyananda Panda
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Activation Energy ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Entropy Generation ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Mathematical Formulation ◽  
Bejan Number ◽  
Nanofluid Flow ◽  
Entropy Generation Number ◽  
Generation Number

Abstract This paper analyses the augmentation entropy generation number for a viscous nanofluid flow over a non-isothermal wedge including the effects of non-linear radiation and activation energy. We discuss the influence of thermodynamically important parameters during the study, namely, the Bejan number, entropy generation number, and the augmentation entropy generation number. The mathematical formulation for thermal conductivity and viscosity of nanofluid for Al2O3 − EG mixture has been considered. The results were numerically computed using implicit Keller-Box method and depicted graphically. The important result is the change in augmentation entropy generation number with Reynolds number. We observed that adding nanoparticles (volume fraction) tend to enhance augmentation entropy generation number for Al2O3 − EG nanofluid. Further, the investigation on the thermodynamic performance of non-isothermal nanofluid flow over a wedge reveals that adding nanoparticles to the base fluid is effective only when the contribution of heat transfer irreversibility is more than fluid friction irreversibility. This work also discusses the physical interpretation of heat transfer irreversibility and pressure drop irreversibility. This dependency includes Reynolds number and volume fraction parameter. Other than these, the research looked at a variety of physical characteristics associated with the flow of fluid, heat and mass transfer.

scholarly journals Optimal Design of Nanoparticle Enhanced Phan-Thien–Tanner Flow of a Viscoelastic Fluid in a Microchannel

Entropy ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (12) ◽  
pp. 895
Author(s):  
Mohammad Abdollahzadeh Jamalabadi
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Entropy Generation ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Circular Cross Section ◽  
Major Influence ◽  
Parameter Study ◽  
Bejan Number ◽  
Total Entropy ◽  
Minimum Entropy

The excellent thermal characteristics of nanoparticles have increased their application in the field of heat transfer. In this paper, a thermophysical and geometrical parameter study is performed to minimize the total entropy generation of the viscoelastic flow of nanofluid. Entropy generation with respect to volume fraction (<0.04), the Reynolds number (20,000–100,000), and the diameter of the microchannel (20–20,000 μm) with the circular cross-section under constant flux are calculated. As is shown, most of the entropy generation owes to heat transfer and by increasing the diameter of the channel, the Bejan number increases. The contribution of heat entropy generation in the microchannel is very poor and the major influence of entropy generation is attributable to friction. The maximum quantity of in-channel entropy generation happens in nanofluids with TiO2, CuO, Cu, and Ag nanoparticles, in turn, despite the fact in the microchannel this behavior is inverted, the minimum entropy generation occurs in nanofluids with CuO, Cu, Ag, and TiO2 nanoparticles, in turn. In the channel and microchannel for all nanofluids except water-TiO2, increasing the volume fraction of nanoparticles decreases entropy generation. In the channel and microchannel the total entropy generation increases by augmentation the Reynolds number.

scholarly journals Statistical Modeling for Nanofluid Flow: A Stretching Sheet with Thermophysical Property Data

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alias Jedi ◽  
Azhari Shamsudeen ◽  
Noorhelyna Razali ◽  
Haliza Othman ◽  
Nuryazmin Ahmat Zainuri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Differential Equation ◽  
Stretching Sheet ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Nonlinear Ordinary Differential Equation ◽  
Numerical Results ◽  
Nanoparticle Volume Fraction ◽  
Nanofluid Flow ◽  
Property Data ◽  
Layer Flow

This paper reports the use of a numerical solution of nanofluid flow. The boundary layer flow over a stretching sheet in combination of two nanofluids models is studied. The partial differential equation that governs this model was transformed into a nonlinear ordinary differential equation by using similarity variables, and the numerical results were obtained by applying the shooting technique. Copper (Cu) nanoparticles (water-based fluid) were used in this study. This paper presents and discusses all numerical results, including those for the local Sherwood number and the local Nusselt number. Additionally, the effects of the nanoparticle volume fraction, Brownian motion Nb, and thermophoresis Nt on the performance of heat transfer are discussed. The results show that the stretching sheet has a unique solution: as the nanoparticle volume fraction φ (φ = 0), Nt (Nt = 0.1), and Nb decrease, the rate of heat transfer increases. Furthermore, as φ (φ = 0) and Nb decrease, the rate of mass transfer increases. The data of the Nusselt and Sherwood numbers were tested using different statistical distributions, and it is found that both datasets fit the Weibull distribution for different values of Nt and rotating φ.

Numerical Study on Conjugated Laminar Mixed Convection of Alumina/Water Nanofluid Flow, Heat Transfer, and Entropy Generation Within a Tube-on-Sheet Flat Plate Solar Collector

2017 ◽  
Vol 139 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Charjouei Moghadam ◽  
Mojtaba Edalatpour ◽  
Juan P. Solano
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Nusselt Number ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Entropy Generation ◽  
Solar Collector ◽  
Richardson Number ◽  
Volume Concentration ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Flat Plate Solar Collector

In this research, an inclined three-dimensional nanofluid-based tube-on-sheet flat plate solar collector (FPSC) working under laminar conjugated mixed convection heat transfer is numerically modeled. The working fluid is selected to be alumina/water (Al2O3/water) and results from heat transfer, entropy generation, and pressure drop points of view are being presented for various prominent parameters, namely volume fraction, nanoparticles diameter, Richardson and Reynolds numbers. According to the simulations, Nusselt number decreases as the Richardson number or volume fraction of the nanofluid rises, whereas heat transfer coefficient experiences an augmentation when volume concentration and the Richardson number surge. Also, data reveal that total entropy generation rate of the system declines when the alumina/water nanofluid is utilized inside the system as the volume fraction or the Richardson number increases. Additionally, it is found that increasing the nanoparticle volume concentration or the Richardson number diminishes the pressure drop considerably, whereas friction factor substantially proliferates as the Richardson number or volume fraction rises. Eventually, employment of larger alumina nanoparticles mean diameter eventuates in providing lower Nusselt number and apparent friction factor while it increases the pressure drop and heat transfer coefficient. Finally, comparing the efficiency of the presented FPSC design with those available in the literature shows a superior performance by the present design with its maximum occurring at 2 vol %.

A Study on Hydromagnetic Pulsating Flow of a Nanofluid in a Porous Channel With Thermal Radiation

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Vijayalakshmi ◽  
S. Srinivas
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Titanium Dioxide ◽  
Thermal Radiation ◽  
Heat Transfer Rate ◽  
Transfer Rate ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Porous Channel ◽  
Nanoparticle Volume Fraction ◽  
Governing Equations ◽  
Nanofluid Flow

AbstractThe present study investigates the hydromagnetic pulsating nanofluid flow in a porous channel with thermal radiation. In this work, we considered water as the base fluid and silver (Ag), copper (Cu), alumina (Al2O3) and titanium dioxide (TiO2) as nanoparticles. The Maxwell-Garnetts and Brinkman models are used to evaluate the effective thermal conductivity and viscosity of the nanofluid. The governing equations are solved analytically and the influence of various parameters on velocity, temperature and heat transfer rate has been discussed through graphical results. From the results, it is found that the rate of heat transfer enhances with an increase of nanoparticle volume fraction. Further, the heat transfer rate is higher for silver nanoparticles as compared with copper, alumina and titanium dioxide.

MHD effects on heat transfer and entropy generation of nanofluid flow in an open cavity

2015 ◽  
Vol 374 ◽  
pp. 214-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zouhaier Mehrez ◽  
Afif El Cafsi ◽  
Ali Belghith ◽  
Patrick Le Quéré
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Entropy Generation ◽  
Open Cavity ◽  
Nanofluid Flow

scholarly journals Assisted convective heat transfer and entropy generation in a solar collector filled with nanofluid

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-150
Author(s):  
R. Nasrin ◽  
M.A. Alim ◽  
M. Hasanuzzzaman
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Rate ◽  
Entropy Generation ◽  
Solar Collector ◽  
Transfer Rate ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Bulk Temperature ◽  
Outlet Temperature ◽  
Nanoparticle Volume Fraction ◽  
Collector Efficiency

Heat transfer phenomena of flat plate solar collector filled with different nanofluids has been investigated numerically. Galerkin’s Finite Element Method is used to solve the problem. Heat transfer rate, average bulk temperature, average sub-domain velocity, outlet temperature, thermal efficiency, mean entropy generation and Bejan number has been investigated by varying the solid nanoparticle volume fraction of water/Cu, water/Ag and water/Cu/Ag nanofluids from 0% to 3%. It is found that the solid nanoparticle volume fraction has great effect on heat transfer phenomena. It is observed that the increases of the solid volume fraction (up to 2%) enhances the heat transfer rate and collector efficiency where after 2% the rate of change almost constant. Higher heat transfer rate and collector efficiency has been obtained 19% and 13% for water/Ag nanofluid respectively.

scholarly journals Investigation of Forced Convection Enhancement and Entropy Generation of Nanofluid Flow through a Corrugated Minichannel Filled with a Porous Media

Entropy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (9) ◽  
pp. 1008
Author(s):  
Ehsan Aminian ◽  
Hesam Moghadasi ◽  
Hamid Saffari ◽  
Amir Mirza Gheitaghy
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Porous Media ◽  
Entropy Generation ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Numerical Procedure ◽  
Numerical Data ◽  
Flow In Porous Media ◽  
Geometrical Parameters ◽  
Nanofluid Flow ◽  
Flow Through

Corrugating channel wall is considered to be an efficient procedure for achieving improved heat transfer. Further enhancement can be obtained through the utilization of nanofluids and porous media with high thermal conductivity. This paper presents the effect of geometrical parameters for the determination of an appropriate configuration. Furthermore, the optimization of forced convective heat transfer and fluid/nanofluid flow through a sinusoidal wavy-channel inside a porous medium is performed through the optimization of entropy generation. The fluid flow in porous media is considered to be laminar and Darcy–Brinkman–Forchheimer model has been utilized. The obtained results were compared with the corresponding numerical data in order to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the numerical procedure. As a result, increasing the Darcy number leads to the increased portion of thermal entropy generation as well as the decreased portion of frictional entropy generation in all configurations. Moreover, configuration with wavelength of 10 mm, amplitude of 0.5 mm and phase shift of 60° was selected as an optimum geometry for further investigations on the addition of nanoparticles. Additionally, increasing trend of average Nusselt number and friction factor, besides the decreasing trend of performance evaluation criteria (PEC) index, were inferred by increasing the volume fraction of the nanofluid (Al2O3 and CuO).

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