On the analysis of thermosolutal mixed convection in differentially heated and soluted geometries beyond rectangular

Abstract

Purpose This paper aims to study the impact of convexity and concavity of the vertical borders on double-diffusive mixed convection. In addition, the study of entropy generation is performed. This numerical study has been carried out for different patterns of wavy edges to reveal their effects on heat and mass transfer phenomena. Design/methodology/approach Four different flow features are treated by varying the directions of convexity and concavity of the vertical walls. A uniform temperature, as well as concentration distributions, are introduced to the left border while keeping a cold temperature and low concentration for the right border. The horizontal boundaries are in adiabatic condition. The upper border of the chamber is moving in the right direction with an equal speed. The governing Navies–Stokes equations are designed to describe energy and species transport phenomena, and these equations are solved by compact scheme. Findings The investigated results are analyzed for various parameters, namely, Prandtl number, Richardson number, thermal Grashof number, Lewis number, Buoyancy ratio and amplitude of the wavy walls. It is observed that the thermal and solutal transfer performance becomes effective with lower Richardson numbers. The results reveal that the concavity and convexity of the side borders of the cabinet can control the thermosolutal performance. It is also observed that among all wavy chambers, Case-4 records maximum thermosolutal transfer rate, while Case-3 attains minimum thermosolutal transfer rate. Originality/value This work is an example of solar thermal power conversion, power collection systems, systems of energy deficiency, etc.

Analysis of thermsolutal performance and entropy generation for ternary hybrid nanofluid in a partially heated wavy porous cabinet

“…In this study, we conduct an entropy generation analysis to assess the dissipative effects associated with thermal conduction, fluid flow and solutal diffusion within the concave-convex cabinet. The dimensional forms of the local entropy generation rates for each of these processes can be expressed as follows (Ababaei et al , 2018; Hussain et al , 2018; Hansda and Pandit, 2023c): …”

“…where φ i , 1 ≤ i ≤ 3 are called the irreversibility coefficient ratios with: where R is the gas constant and D f is the solutal diffusivity of the base fluid. In this work, the irreversibility coefficient ratios ( φ i , 1 ≤ i ≤ 3) are taken as φ 1 = 10 −4 , φ 2 = 0.5 and φ 3 = 10 −2 (Ababaei et al , 2018; Hussain et al , 2018; Mchirgui et al , 2012; Oueslati et al , 2013; Hansda and Pandit, 2023c). The total entropy generation ( S T ) over the domain Ω is evaluated by: …”