Electroosmotic flow and heat transfer of a hybrid nanofluid in a microchannel: A structural optimization

Barnoon, Pouya

doi:10.1016/j.ijft.2023.100499

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“…Owing to the considerable number of applications in diverse industries and scientific domains, studies on natural convection heat transport in circular and eccentric enclosures, like pipes, tubes, or cylinders, have garnered significant attention from both academia and industry. Some notable applications include the design and analysis of wellbores and pipelines, the oil and gas industry, cooling systems, underground electric cables, solar water heaters, nuclear reactor cooling, food processing, geothermal energy systems, chemical reactors, and many more [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]. For instance, in drilling operations, wellbores are often drilled through geological formations to extract oil or gas.…”

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Analysis of Thermal Mixing and Entropy Generation during Natural Convection Flows in Arbitrary Eccentric Annulus

Singh,

Sengupta,

Rana

2024

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The present study presents a computational investigation into the thermal mixing along with entropy generation throughout the natural convection flow within an arbitrarily eccentric annulus. Salt water is filled inside the eccentric annulus, in which the outer and inner cylinders have Tc and Th constant temperatures. The Boussinesq approximation is used to develop the governing equations for the natural convection flow, which are then solved on a structured quadrilateral mesh using the OpenFOAM software package (FOAM-Extend 4.0). The computational simulations are performed for Rayleigh numbers (Ra=103–105), eccentricity (ϵ=0,0.4,0.8), angular positions (φ=0∘,45∘,90∘), and Prandtl number (Pr=10, salt water). The computational results are visualized in terms of streamlines, isotherms, and entropy generation caused by fluid friction and heat transfer. Additionally, a thorough examination of the variations in the average and local Nusselt numbers, circulation intensity with eccentricities, and angular positions is provided. The optimal state of heat transfer is shown to be influenced by the eccentricity, angular positions, uniform temperature sources, and Boussinesq state. Moreover, the rate of thermal mixing and the production of total entropy increase as Ra increases. It is found that, compared to a concentric annulus, an eccentric annulus has a higher rate of thermal mixing and entropy generation. The findings show which configurations and types of eccentric annulus are ideal and could be used in any thermal processing activity where a salt fluid (Pr=10) is involved.

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