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Natural convection heat transfer in a nanofluid filled semi-annulus enclosure ☆
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In this paper, a semi-annulus enclosure filled with nanofluid is used for natural convection heat transfer in a control volume based finite element method (CVFEM).About:
This article is published in International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer.The article was published on 2012-04-01. It has received 237 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Nusselt number & Natural convection.read more
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Effect of thermal radiation on magnetohydrodynamics nanofluid flow and heat transfer by means of two phase model
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of thermal radiation on magnetohydrodynamics nanofluid flow between two horizontal rotating plates is studied and the significant effects of Brownian motion and thermophoresis have been included in the model of Nanofluide.
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Three dimensional mesoscopic simulation of magnetic field effect on natural convection of nanofluid
TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of Brownian motion on the effective viscosity and thermal conductivity of nanofluid were investigated. And the results were presented graphically in terms of streamlines, isotherms and isokinetic energy.
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Ferrohydrodynamic and magnetohydrodynamic effects on ferrofluid flow and convective heat transfer
TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of an external magnetic field on ferrofluid flow and heat transfer in a semi annulus enclosure with sinusoidal hot wall is investigated and the governing equations which are derived by considering the both effects of FHD and MHD (Magnetohydrodynamic) are solved via CVFEM (Control Volume based Finite Element Method).
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Heat transfer of Cu-water nanofluid flow between parallel plates
TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of the squeeze number, the nanofluid volume fraction and Eckert number and δ on Nusselt number were investigated, and the results showed that Nussellt number has a direct relationship with nanoparticle volume fraction, δ, the squeeze and EKN when two plates are separated but it has reverse relationship with the squeeze when two plate are squeezed.
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Forced convection heat transfer in a semi annulus under the influence of a variable magnetic field
TL;DR: In this article, forced convection heat transfer in a semi annulus lid under the influence of a variable magnetic field was studied, and the authors used the Control Volume based Finite Element Method (CVFEM) to solve the governing equations considering both Ferrohydrodynamic (FHD) and Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) effects.
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Buoyancy-driven heat transfer enhancement in a two-dimensional enclosure utilizing nanofluids
TL;DR: In this article, a model is developed to analyze heat transfer performance of nanofluids inside an enclosure taking into account the solid particle dispersion, where the transport equations are solved numerically using the finite-volume approach along with the alternating direct implicit procedure.
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Natural convection of air in a square cavity: A bench mark numerical solution
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used mesh refnement and extrapolation to obtain an accurate solution of the equations describing two-dimensional natural convection in a square cavity with differentially heated side walls.
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Heat transfer characteristics of nanofluids: a review
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TL;DR: A review on fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics of nanofluids in forced and free convection flows is presented in this article, where the authors identify opportunities for future research.
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An experimental and theoretical study of natural convection in the annulus between horizontal concentric cylinders
TL;DR: In this paper, an experimental and theoretical-numerical investigation has been carried out to extend existing knowledge of velocity and temperature distributions and local heat-transfer coefficients for naturel convection within a horizontal annulus.
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Natural convection heat transfer enhancement in horizontal concentric annuli using nanofluids
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the effect of different types and volume fractions of nanoparticles on heat transfer in horizontal annuli using nanofluids and found that nanoparticles with high thermal conductivity caused significant enhancement of heat transfer characteristics.