Using Nanofluid in Lid Driven Shallow Enclosure at Particular Richardson Number: Investigation the Effect of Velocity Ratio

Arash Karimipour; Seyed Sadegh Mirtalebi  and Masoud Afrand

doi:10.17485/ijst/2014/v7i5.15

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Using Nanofluid in Lid Driven Shallow Enclosure at Particular Richardson Number: Investigation the Effect of Velocity Ratio

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Indian Journal of Science and Technology

DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2014/v7i5.15

Year: 2014, Volume: 7, Issue: 5, Pages: 698–704

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Using Nanofluid in Lid Driven Shallow Enclosure at Particular Richardson Number: Investigation the Effect of Velocity Ratio

Arash Karimipour^1*, Seyed Sadegh Mirtalebi¹ and Masoud Afrand¹

1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran; nanofluidmechanic@gmail.com

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Abstract

In this study, using the finite volume method, a numerical investigation on mixed convection flow and heat transfer in a two-sided lid-driven shallow cavity which is subjected to Al2 O3 -water nanofluid was applied. The study was conducted in different velocity ratio and the mean particle diameter is 80 nm. Thermal conductivity and dynamic viscosity of abovementioned nanofluid were calculated by utilizing H-C and Jang models, respectively. The impact of different ratio of velocity at the particular Richardson number of the nanofluid is discussed, with respect to hydrodynamic and thermal characteristics. The results declared great enhancement in heat transfer by increasing the velocity ratio. Besides, it can be points out that heat transfer enhanced considerably by addition of Al2 O3 nanoparticles compared with that of the water.

Keywords: Al2 O3 -water, Heat Transfer, Isotherm Lines, Shallow Square Enclosure, Streamline