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- Title
Comparative study of mixed convection heat transfer of water–Cu nanofluid in an enclosure having multiple rotating circular cylinders with different configurations and considering harmonic cylinders rotation.
- Authors
Shirani, Nima; Toghraie, Davood; Rostami, Sara
- Abstract
In the present study, heat transfer in a lid-driven square cavity in the existence of four rotating cylinders having harmonic motion was investigated numerically for different parameters such as Richardson number (0.1 ≤ Ri ≤ 10), the volume fraction of the nanoparticles (0 ≤ ϕ ≤ 0.03) and Reynolds number (86.2 ≤ Re ≤ 862). The enclosure filled with water–Cu nanofluids. Seven different cases were studied to find the best position and diameter ratio of cylinders. The results of this study presented in term of contours, Nusselt number, velocity profile, PEC number, entropy generation. This study demonstrated that heat transfer affected by the inertial force, buoyancy force, and changing in thermophysical properties of the base-fluid. Also, we found that the combination of harmonic motion and decrease in space between walls and cylinders makes the heat transfer behavior and trend, unpredictable. Another outcome of this numerical study is the effect of adding nanoparticle to pure water. In general, increasing the concentration of nanoparticles in pure water improved the thermophysical properties of the fluid. However, in some cases, shear effects and buoyancy forces changed this improvement.
- Subjects
HEAT convection; NANOFLUIDICS; HEAT transfer; BUOYANCY; PROPERTIES of fluids; NATURAL heat convection; HARMONIC motion
- Publication
Journal of Thermal Analysis & Calorimetry, 2021, Vol 144, Issue 4, p1557
- ISSN
1388-6150
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10973-020-09624-9