Heat transfer hybrid nanofluid (1-Butanol/MoS2–Fe3O4) through a wavy porous cavity and its optimization
International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow
ISSN: 0961-5539
Article publication date: 23 December 2020
Issue publication date: 3 May 2021
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate natural convection in a porous wavy-walled enclosure that is including a cylinder cavity in the middle of it and filled with a hybrid nanofluid contains 1-Butanol as the base fluid and MoS2–Fe3O4 hybrid nanoparticles.
Design/methodology/approach
The domain of interest is bounded by constant temperature horizontal corrugated surfaces and isothermal vertical flat surfaces. The numerical outputs are explained in the type of isotherms, streamline and average Nusselt number with variations of the Rayleigh number, Hartmann number, nanoparticle shape factor and porosity of the porous medium. For solving the governing equations, the finite element method has been used.
Findings
The results show that Nuave is proportional to Rayleigh and nanoparticle shape factor directly as well as it has an inverse relation with Hartmann and porosity. The obtained results reveal that the shape factor parameter has a significant effect on the heat transfer performance, which shows a 55.44% contribution on the average Nusselt number.
Originality/value
As a novelty, to maximize the heat transfer performance in a corrugated walls enclosure, the optimal parameters have intended by using the response surface and Taguchi methods. Additionally, an accurate correlation for the average Nusselt number is developed with sensibly great precision.
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Acknowledgements
The authors gratefully acknowledge the Iran's National Elites Foundation for its supports. They would also like to thank the Deputy of Research and Technology of Sharif University of Technology as well as Sharif Energy Research Institute (SERI) for providing a comfortable working environment to carry out the present study.
Citation
Hosseinzadeh, K., Montazer, E., Shafii, M.B. and Ganji, D.D. (2021), "Heat transfer hybrid nanofluid (1-Butanol/MoS2–Fe3O4) through a wavy porous cavity and its optimization", International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, Vol. 31 No. 5, pp. 1547-1567. https://doi.org/10.1108/HFF-07-2020-0442
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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