Numerical investigation of three-dimensional hybrid Cu–Al2O3/water nanofluid flow over a stretching sheet with effecting Lorentz force subject to Newtonian heating

2016 ◽  
Vol 94 (5) ◽  
pp. 490-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Suriya Uma Devi ◽  
S.P. Anjali Devi

This work compares the heat transfer characteristics of traditional nanofluid with that of emerging hybrid nanofluid. Hybrid nanofluid, a new type of conventional fluid, has been used toward the enhancement of heat transfer in the boundary layer flow. A new model of thermophysical properties is employed to investigate the effects of Lorentz force over a three-dimensional stretching surface subject to Newtonian heating. Comparisons are obtained through the numerical parametric study, which has been carried out to explore the effects of various physical parameters involved in the problem. From this study it is observed that the heat transfer rate of hybrid nanofluid (Cu–Al2O3/water) is higher than nanofluid (Cu/water) even in the presence of a magnetic field environment. By opting to use different and appropriate nanoparticle proportions in hybrid nanofluid, the desired heat transfer rate can be achieved.

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 293-301
Author(s):  
V. Rajesh ◽  
M. Srilatha ◽  
Ali J. Chamkha

In this paper, transient free convective boundary layer flow of a viscous hybrid nanofluid due to a vertical stretching sheet with MHD effects is studied numerically using the Crank Nicolson finite difference numerical technique. To explore the properties of heat transfer and the flow field due to a vertical stretching sheet in the existence of a Lorentz force, two different fluids, specifically Cu–Al2O3/water and Cu/water, are utilized. The results of different physical parameters and the practical quantities of concern that they affect are investigated. According to this article’s results, Cu–Al2O3/water has a superior heat transfer rate than Cu/water in a magnetic field setting. Various other nano mixtures can be attempted to attain the optimal heat transfer rate.


Author(s):  
S. P. Anjali Devi ◽  
S. Suriya Uma Devi

AbstractAn emerging concept of hybrid nanofluid with a new improved model of its thermophysical properties are introduced in the present work. Hybrid nanofluid is an advanced type of conventional heat transfer fluids, which has been employed for the enhancement of heat transfer rate. Two distinct fluids, namely hybrid nanofluid $({\rm{Cu - A}}{{\rm{l}}_{\rm{2}}}{{\rm{O}}_{\rm{3}}}{\rm{/water}})$ and nanofluid (Cu/water) are used to investigate the parametric features of the flow and heat transfer phenomena over a permeable stretching sheet in the presence of magnetic field. The effects of various physical parameters and effecting physical quantities of interest are analyzed. From this study it is observed that the heat transfer rate of hybrid nanofluid $({\rm{Cu - A}}{{\rm{l}}_{\rm{2}}}{{\rm{O}}_{\rm{3}}}{\rm{/water}})$ is higher than that of Nanofluid (Cu/water) under magnetic field environment. More combinations of different nanocomposites can be tried so that the desired heat transfer rate can be achieved.


2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick H. Oosthuizen ◽  
Matt Garrett

Abstract Natural convective heat transfer from a wide isothermal plate which has a “wavy” surface, i.e., has a surface which periodically rises and falls, has been numerically studied. The surface waves run parallel to the direction of flow over the surface and have a relatively small amplitude. Two types of wavy surface have been considered here — saw-tooth and sinusoidal. Surfaces of the type considered are approximate models of situations that occur in certain window covering applications, for example, and are also sometimes used to try to enhance the heat transfer rate from the surface. The flow has been assumed to be laminar. Because the surface waves are parallel to the direction of flow, the flow over the surface will be three-dimensional. Fluid properties have been assumed constant except for the density change with temperature that gives rise to the buoyancy forces, this being treated by means of the Boussinesq type approximation. The governing equations have been written in dimensionless form, the height of the surface being used as the characteristic length scale and the temperature difference between the surface temperature and the temperature of the fluid far from the plate being used as the characteristic temperature. The dimensionless equations have been solved using a finite-element method. Although the flow is three-dimensional because the surface waves are all assumed to have the same shape, the flow over each surface thus being the same, and it was only necessary to solve for the flow over one of the surface waves. The solution has the following parameters: the Grashof number based on the height, the Prandtl number, the dimensionless amplitude of the surface waviness, the dimensionless pitch of the surface waviness, and the form of the surface waviness (saw-tooth or sinusoidal). Results have been obtained for a Prandtl number of 0.7 for Grashof numbers up to 106. The effects of Grashof number, dimensionless amplitude and dimensionless pitch on the mean heat transfer rate have been studied. It is convenient to introduce two mean heat transfer rates, one based on the total surface area and the other based on the projected frontal area of the surface. A comparison of the values of these quantities gives a measure of the effectiveness of the surface waviness in increasing the mean heat transfer rate. The results show that while surface waviness increases the heat transfer rate based on the frontal area, the modifications of the flow produced by the surface waves are such that the increase in heat transfer rate is less than the increase in surface area.


2013 ◽  
Vol 465-466 ◽  
pp. 500-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahrin Hisham Amirnordin ◽  
Hissein Didane Djamal ◽  
Mohd Norani Mansor ◽  
Amir Khalid ◽  
Md Seri Suzairin ◽  
...  

This paper presents the effect of the changes in fin geometry on pressure drop and heat transfer characteristics of louvered fin heat exchanger numerically. Three dimensional simulation using ANSYS Fluent have been conducted for six different configurations at Reynolds number ranging from 200 to 1000 based on louver pitch. The performance of this system has been evaluated by calculating pressure drop and heat transfer coefficient. The result shows that, the fin pitch and the louver pitch have a very considerable effect on pressure drop as well as heat transfer rate. It is observed that increasing the fin pitch will relatively result in an increase in heat transfer rate but at the same time, the pressure drop will decrease. On the other hand, low pressure drop and low heat transfer rate will be obtained when the louver pitch is increased. Final result shows a good agreement between experimental and numerical results of the louvered fin which is about 12%. This indicates the capability of louvered fin in enhancing the performance of heat exchangers.


2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahyar Ashouri ◽  
Mohammad Mehdi Zarei ◽  
Ali Moosavi

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of geometrical parameters, eccentricity and perforated fins on natural convection heat transfer in a finned horizontal annulus using three-dimensional lattice Boltzmann flux solver. Design/methodology/approach Three-dimensional lattice Boltzmann flux solver is used in the present study for simulating conjugate heat transfer within an annulus. D3Q15 and D3Q7 models are used to solve the fluid flow and temperature field, respectively. The finite volume method is used to discretize mass, momentum and energy equations. The Chapman–Enskog expansion analysis is used to establish the connection between the lattice Boltzmann equation local solution and macroscopic fluxes. To improve the accuracy of the lattice Boltzmann method for curved boundaries, lattice Boltzmann equation local solution at each cell interface is considered to be independent of each other. Findings It is found that the maximum heat transfer rate occurs at low fin spacing especially by increasing the fin height and decreasing the internal-cylindrical distance. The effect of inner cylinder eccentricity is not much considerable (up to 5.2% enhancement) while the impact of fin eccentricity is more remarkable. Negative fin eccentricity further enhances the heat transfer rate compared to a positive fin eccentricity and the maximum heat transfer enhancement of 91.7% is obtained. The influence of using perforated fins is more considerable at low fin spacing although some heat transfer enhancements are observed at higher fin spacing. Originality/value The originality of this paper is to study three-dimensional natural convection in a finned-horizontal annulus using three-dimensional lattice Boltzmann flux solver, as well as to apply symmetry and periodic boundary conditions and to analyze the effect of eccentric annular fins (for the first time for air) and perforated annular fins (for the first time so far) on the heat transfer rate.


2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (10) ◽  
pp. 4583-4606 ◽  
Author(s):  
Najiyah Safwa Khashi’ie ◽  
Norihan Md Arifin ◽  
Ioan Pop ◽  
Roslinda Nazar ◽  
Ezad Hafidz Hafidzuddin ◽  
...  

Purpose This paper aims to scrutinize the analysis of non-axisymmetric Homann stagnation point flow and heat transfer of hybrid Cu-Al2O3/water nanofluid over a stretching/shrinking flat plate. Design/methodology/approach The similarity transformation which fulfils the continuity equation is opted to transform the coupled momentum and energy equations into the nonlinear ordinary differential equations. Numerical solutions which are elucidated in the tables and graphs are obtained using the bvp4c solver. Findings Non-unique solutions (first and second) are feasible for both stretching and shrinking cases within the specific values of the parameters. First solution is the physical/real solution based on the execution of stability analysis. An upsurge of the ratio of the ambient fluid strain rate to the plate strain rate can delay the boundary layer separation, whereas a boost of the ratio of the ambient fluid shear rate to the plate strain rate only accelerates the separation of boundary layer. The heat transfer rate of hybrid nanofluid is greater for the stretching case than the shrinking case. However, for the shrinking case, the heat transfer rate intensifies with the increment of the copper (Cu) nanoparticles volume fraction, whereas a contrary result is found for the stretching case. Originality/value The present numerical results are original and new. It can contribute to other researchers on electing the relevant parameters to optimize the heat transfer process in the modern industry, and the right parameters to generate non-unique solution so that no misjudgment on flow and heat transfer features.


2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Najiyah Safwa Khashi'ie ◽  
Norihan M. Arifin ◽  
Ioan Pop

Purpose This study aims to analyze the unsteady flow of hybrid Cu-Al2O3/water nanofluid over a permeable stretching/shrinking disc. The analysis of flow stability is also purposed because of the non-uniqueness of solutions. Design/methodology/approach The reduced differential equations (similarity) are solved numerically using the aid of bvp4c solver (Matlab). Two types of thermophysical correlations for hybrid nanofluid (Type 1 and 2) are adopted for the comparison results. Using correlation Type 1, the heat transfer and flow analysis including the profiles (velocity and temperature) are presented in the figures and tables with different values control parameters. Three sets of hybrid nanofluid are analyzed: Set 1 (1% Al2O3 + 1% Cu), Set 2 (0.5% Al2O3 + 1% Cu) and Set 3 (1% Al2O3 + 0.5% Cu). Findings The comparison of numerical values between present (Types 1 and 2 correlations) and previous (Type 2 correlations) results are in a good compliance with approximate percent relative error. The appearance of two solutions is noticed when the suction parameter is considered and the unsteady parameter is less than 0 (decelerating flow) for both stretching and shrinking disc while only one solution is possible for steady flow. The hybrid nanofluid in Set 1 can delay the separation of boundary layer but the hybrid nanofluid in Set 3 has the greatest heat transfer rate. Moreover, the inclusion of wall mass suction for stretching case can generate a significant increment of heat transfer rate approximately 90% for all fluids (water, single and hybrid nanofluids). Originality/value The present findings are novel and can be a reference point to other researchers to further analyze the heat transfer performance and stability of the working fluids.


2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ishrat Zahan ◽  
R Nasrin ◽  
M A Alim

A numerical analysis has been conducted to show the effects of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) and Joule heating on heat transfer phenomenon in a lid driven triangular cavity. The heat transfer fluid (HTF) has been considered as water based hybrid nanofluid composed of equal quantities of Cu and TiO2 nanoparticles. The bottom wall of the cavity is undulated in sinusoidal pattern and cooled isothermally. The left vertical wall of the cavity is heated while the inclined side is insulated. The two dimensional governing partial differential equations of heat transfer and fluid flow with appropriate boundary conditions have been solved by using Galerkin's finite element method built in COMSOL Multyphysics. The effects of Hartmann number, Joule heating, number of undulation and Richardson number on the flow structure and heat transfer characteristics have been studied in details. The values of Prandtl number and solid volume fraction of hybrid nanoparticles have been considered as fixed. Also, the code validation has been shown. The numerical results have been presented in terms of streamlines, isotherms and average Nusselt number of the hybrid nanofluid for different values of governing parameters. The comparison of heat transfer rate by using hybrid nanofluid, Cu-water nanofluid,  TiO2 -water nanofluid and clear water has been also shown. Increasing wave number from 0 to 3 enhances the heat transfer rate by 16.89%. The enhanced rate of mean Nusselt number for hybrid nanofluid is found as 4.11% compared to base fluid.


2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 168781401456781 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Boothaisong ◽  
S Rittidech ◽  
T Chompookham ◽  
M Thongmoon ◽  
Y Ding ◽  
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