Effects of Brownian Motion and Thermophoresis on the Mixed Convection of Nanofluid in a Porous Channel Including Flow Reversal

• Published in: Transport in porous media Vol. 101; no. 1; pp. 115 - 136
• Main Authors: Matin, Meisam Habibi, Ghanbari, Behzad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2014; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Brownian motion; Civil Engineering; Classical and Continuum Physics; Computational fluid dynamics; Dimensionless numbers; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Engineering and environment geology. Geothermics; Exact sciences and technology; Fluid flow; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences; Hydrogeology; Hydrology/Water Resources; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering; Lewis numbers; Mathematical models; Nanofluids; Parameters; Pollution, environment geology; Porous media; Pressure drop; Thermophoresis; Brownian motion; Vertical channel; Mixed convection; Nanofluid; Thermophoresis; Porous medium; models; pressure; transport; velocity; convection; temperature; porous media; heat transfer; energy
• ISSN: 0169-3913; 1573-1634
• DOI: 10.1007/s11242-013-0235-x

This article is devoted to combined convection heat transfer of nanofluids through a vertical channel filled with a homogeneous and isotropic porous medium. The flow is assumed to be fully developed and the “Brinkman extended Darcy” model is used for the flow in the porous media and “clear compatible” viscous dissipation model is considered. Also the model utilized for the nanofluid incorporates the effects of Brownian motion and thermophoresis. The governing momentum, energy, and nanopartices volume fraction equations are solved both analytically and numerically. The effects of the influential dimensionless parameters such as Brownian and thermophoresis parameters, mixed convection parameter ( Gr/Re ), Brinkman, Darcy and Lewis numbers on dimensionless velocity and temperature distributions and pressure drop are studied. Also, the results of the Nusselt number for the both left and right walls are presented and discussed.