Natural convection of Al2O3/water nanofluid in a square cavity: Effects of heterogeneous heating
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Author list: Rashidi I., Mahian O., Lorenzini G., Biserni C., Wongwises S.
Publisher: Elsevier
Publication year: 2014
Journal: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (0017-9310)
Volume number: 74
Start page: 391
End page: 402
Number of pages: 12
ISSN: 0017-9310
eISSN: 1879-2189
Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)
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Abstract
In this paper, the natural convection in a square cavity filled with Al2O3/water nanofluid has been investigated. The flow and heat transfer characteristics of the nanofluid in the cavity are documented when bottom wall is under heterogeneous heating, the right wall is considered cold while the top and left walls are adiabatic. Nine different cases are considered for the non-uniform heat flux where the total heat flux applied to the cavity is the same for all the cases in magnitude but the profile is different. For different values of Rayleigh numbers (103-106), nanoparticle volume fractions (0-9%), and aspect ratios, the optimal profile of heat flux is determined in which Nusselt number is maximized. It is found that the trend of Nusselt number is different for the nine cases at Ra = 10 3 where the conduction is the dominant phenomenon. The results also reveal that for high values of Rayleigh number, i.e. 106, the Nusselt number is minimized where the heat flux in the vicinity of adiabatic wall is smallest while the heat flux near the cold wall is biggest. ฉ 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Heterogeneous heating
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