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- Title
MHD mixed convection of a Cu–water nanofluid flow through a channel with an open trapezoidal cavity and an elliptical obstacle.
- Authors
Al‐Farhany, Khaled; Alomari, Mohammed A.; Al‐Saadi, Ahmed; Chamkha, Ali; Öztop, Hakan F.; Al‐Kouz, Wael
- Abstract
In the current work, numerical simulations are achieved to study the properties and the characteristics of fluid flow and heat transfer of (Cu–water) nanofluid under the magnetohydrodynamic effects in a horizontal rectangular canal with an open trapezoidal enclosure and an elliptical obstacle. The cavity lower wall is grooved and represents the heat source while the obstacle represents a stationary cold wall. On the other hand, the rest of the walls are considered adiabatic. The governing equations for this investigation are formulated, nondimensionalized, and then solved by Galerkin finite element approach. The numerical findings were examined across a wide range of Richardson number (0.1 ≤ Ri ≤ 10), Reynolds number (1 ≤ Re ≤ 125), Hartmann number (0 ≤ Ha ≤ 100), and volume fraction of nanofluid (0 ≤ φ ≤ 0.05). The current study's findings demonstrate that the flow strength increases inversely as the Reynolds number rises, which pushes the isotherms down to the lower part of the trapezoidal cavity. The Nuavg rises as the Ri rise, the maximum Nuavg = 10.345 at Ri = 10, Re = 50, ϕ = 0.05, and Ha = 0; however, it reduces with increasing Hartmann number. Also, it increase by increasing ϕ, at Ri = 10, the Nuavg increased by 8.44% when the volume fraction of nanofluid increased from (ϕ = 0–0.05).
- Subjects
NANOFLUIDICS; CHANNEL flow; NANOFLUIDS; PROPERTIES of fluids; NATURAL heat convection; REYNOLDS number; HEAT transfer fluids
- Publication
Heat Transfer, 2022, Vol 51, Issue 2, p1691
- ISSN
2688-4534
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/htj.22370