Effects of discrete source-sink arrangements on mixed convection in a square cavity filled by nanofluid

Mohsen Izadi; Amin Behzadmehr; Mohammad Mohsen Shahmardan

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.31, No.1, 12-19, January, 2014

DOI10.1007/s11814-013-0176-7 Export Citation

Effects of discrete source-sink arrangements on mixed convection in a square cavity filled by nanofluid

Mohsen Izadi^†, Amin Behzadmehr¹, and Mohammad Mohsen Shahmardan

Mechanical Engineering Department, Shahrood University of Technology, P. O. Box 3619995161-316 Shahrood, Iran
¹Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, P. O. Box 98164-161 Zahedan, Iran

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Laminar mixed convection of Al2O3/water nanofluid flow in a cavity in which the upper wall is moving from right to left has been studied numerically. Fifteen different arrangements of two discrete sources and four discrete sinks have been considered. This work shows when one source is located at the right side of the bottom wall and other one at the down half of the left wall, total heat transfer achieves its maximum value. The lowest heat transfer rate is achieved when more than two vortexes are created in the cavity (case 13 for Ri=1 and case 5 for Ri=100). In general, for cases with one overall vortex, the cavities which have separate sources induce better cooling and have higher Nu number.

Keywords:Nanofluid;Discrete Source-sink;Heat Transfer Enhancement;Laminar Mixed Convection;Cavity

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[5] Ogut EB, Int. J. Therm. Sci., 48, 2063 (2009)

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[23] Basak T, Roy S, Sharma PK, Pop I, Int. J. Therm. Sci., 48, 891 (2009)