Natural convection of Al2O3/water nanofluid in a square cavity: Effects of heterogeneous heating

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 74, Issue , 2014, Pages 391-402

  Rashidi, Iman ^a   Mahian, Omid ^b,c   Lorenzini, Giulio ^d   Biserni, Cesare ^e   Wongwises, Somchai ^c  

^a QUCHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cavity; Heterogeneous heating; Nanofluid; Natural convection

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ASPECT RATIO; NANOFLUIDICS; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER;

ADIABATIC WALL; CAVITY; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER; NANOFLUIDS; NANOPARTICLE VOLUME FRACTIONS; NON-UNIFORM HEAT FLUXES; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SQUARE CAVITY;

HEAT FLUX;

EID: 84898655367     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2014.03.030     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. R. Saidur, K.Y. Leong, and H.A. Mohammad A review on applications and challenges of nanofluids Renew. Sustainable Energy Rev. 15 3 2011 1646 1668
2. O. Mahian, A. Kianifar, S.A. Kalogirou, I. Pop, and S. Wongwises A review of the applications of nanofluids in solar energy Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 57 2013 582 594
3. S. Halelfadl, A.M. Adham, N. Mohd-Ghazali, T. Maré, P. Estellé, and R. Ahmad Optimization of thermal performances and pressure drop of rectangular microchannel heat sink using aqueous carbon nanotubes based nanofluid Appl. Therm. Eng. 62 2014 492 499
4. T. Maré, S. Halelfadl, O. Sow, P. Estellé, S. Duret, and F. Bazantay Comparison of the thermal performances of two nanofluids at low temperature in a plate heat exchanger Exp. Therm. Fluid Sci. 35 2011 1535 1543
5. K. Khanafer, K. Vafai, and M. Lightstone Buoyancy-driven heat transfer enhancement in a two-dimensional enclosure utilizing nanofluids Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 46 2003 3639 3653 (Pubitemid 36910904)
6. C.J. Ho, M.W. Chen, and Z.W. Li Numerical simulation of natural convection of nanofluid in a square enclosure: effects due to uncertainties of viscosity and thermal conductivity Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 51 17-18 2008 4506 4516
7. E. Abu-Nada, and H.F. Oztop Effects of inclination angle on natural convection in enclosures filled with Cu-water nanofluid Int. J. Heat Fluid Flow 30 4 2009 669 678
8. E. Abu-Nada, Z. Masoud, H.F. Oztop, and A. Campo Effect of nanofluid variable properties on natural convection in enclosures Int. J. Therm. Sci. 49 3 2010 479 491
9. E. Büyük Öǧüt Natural convection of water-based nanofluids in an inclined enclosure with a heat source Int. J. Therm. Sci. 48 11 2009 2063 2073
10. B. Ghasemi, and S.M. Aminossadati Periodic natural convection in a nanofluid-filled enclosure with oscillating heat flux Int. J. Therm. Sci. 49 1 2010 1 9
11. M. Shahi, A.H. Mahmoudi, and F. Talebi Numerical study of mixed convective cooling in a square cavity ventilated and partially heated from the below utilizing nanofluid Int. Commun. Heat Mass Transfer 37 2 2010 201 213
12. K.C. Lin, and A. Violi Natural convection heat transfer of nanofluids in a vertical cavity: effects of non-uniform particle diameter and temperature on thermal conductivity Int. J. Heat Fluid Flow 31 2 2010 236 245
13. K. Kahveci Buoyancy driven heat transfer of nanofluids in a tilted enclosure J. Heat Transfer 132 6 2010 1 12
14. M. Corcione Heat transfer features of buoyancy-driven nanofluids inside rectangular enclosures differentially heated at the sidewalls Int. J. Therm. Sci. 49 9 2010 1536 1546
15. A.H. Mahmoudi, M. Shahi, and F. Talebi Effect of inlet and outlet location on the mixed convective cooling inside the ventilated cavity subjected to an external nanofluid Int. Commun. Heat Mass Transfer 37 8 2010 1158 1173
16. A.H. Mahmoudi, M. Shahi, and A.H. Raouf Modeling of conjugated heat transfer in a thick walled enclosure filled with nanofluid Int. Commun. Heat Mass Transfer 38 1 2011 119 127
17. E. Abu-Nada Rayleigh-Bénard convection in nanofluids: effect of temperature dependent properties Int. J. Therm. Sci. 50 9 2011 1720 1730
18. 3/water nanofluids in a square enclosure Int. J. Therm. Sci. 50 10 2011 1930 1941
19. Z. Haddad, E. Abu-Nada, H.F. Oztop, and A. Mataoui Natural convection in nanofluids: Are the thermophoresis and Brownian motion effects significant in nanofluid heat transfer enhancement? Int. J. Therm. Sci. 57 2012 152 162
20. S. Parvin, R. Nasrin, M. Alim, and N. Hossain Double-diffusive natural convection in a partially heated enclosure using a nanofluid Heat Transfer - Asian Res. 41 6 2012 484 497
21. T. Basak, and A.J. Chamkha Heatline analysis on natural convection for nanofluids confined within square cavities with various thermal boundary conditions Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 55 21-22 2012 5526 5543
22. E.H. Ooi, and V. Popov Numerical study of influence of nanoparticle shape on the natural convection in Cu-water nanofluid Int. J. Therm. Sci. 65 2013 178 188
23. R. Nasrin, and M.A. Alim Free convective flow of nanofluid having two nanoparticles inside a complicated cavity Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 63 2013 191 198
24. F. Garoosi, G. Bagheri, and F. Talebi Numerical simulation of natural convection of nanofluids in a square cavity with several pairs of heaters and coolers (HACs) inside Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 67 2013 362 376
25. C.C. Choa, C.L. Chen, and C.K. Chen Natural convection heat transfer and entropy generation in wavy-wall enclosure containing water-based nanofluid Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 61 2013 749 758
26. S. Zeinali Heris, M. Borhani Pour, O. Mahian, and S. Wongwises Comparative experimental study on the natural convection heat transfer of different metal oxide nanopowders suspended in turbine oil inside an inclined cavity Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 73 2014 231 238
27. Z. Haddad, H.F. Oztop, E. Abu-Nada, and A. Mataoui A review on natural convective heat transfer of nanofluids Renew. Sustainable Energy Rev. 16 7 2012 5363 5378
28. N.B. Cheikh, B.B. Beya, and T. Lili Influence of thermal boundary conditions on natural convection in a square enclosure partially heated from below Int. Commun. Heat Mass Transfer 34 2007 369 379 (Pubitemid 46351897)
29. A. Bazylak, N. Djilali, and D. Sinton Natural convection with distributed heat source modulation Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 50 2007 1649 1655
30. I.E. Sarris, I. Lekakis, and N.S. Vlachos Natural convection in rectangular tanks heated locally from below Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 47 2004 3549 3563 (Pubitemid 38616323)
31. O. Mahian, A. Kianifar, C. Kleinstreuer, M.A. Al-Nimr, I. Pop, A.Z. Sahin, and S. Wongwises A review of entropy generation in nanofluid flow Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 65 2013 514 532
32. C.T. Nguyen, F. Desgranges, G. Roy, N. Galanis, T. Maré, S. Boucher, and H. Angue Mintsa Temperature and particle-size dependent viscosity data for water-based nanofluids - hysteresis phenomenon Int. J. Heat Fluid Flow 28 2007 1492 1506 (Pubitemid 350129816)
33. J.A. Esfahani, and P.B. Shahabi Effect of non-uniform heating on entropy generation for the laminar developing pipe flow of a high Prandtl number fluid Energy Convers. Manage. 51 2010 2087 2097