Conjugate heat transfer in a porous cavity filled with nanofluids and heated by a triangular thick wall

• Published in: International journal of thermal sciences Vol. 67; pp. 135 - 151
• Main Authors: Chamkha, Ali J., Ismael, Muneer A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Masson SAS 01.05.2013; Elsevier
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Cavity; Chemistry; Colloidal state and disperse state; Condensed matter: structure, mechanical and thermal properties; Conjugate heat transfer; Darcy model; Energy; Energy. Thermal use of fuels; Exact sciences and technology; Flows through porous media; Fluid dynamics; Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications); General and physical chemistry; Heat transfer; Nanofluids; Nonhomogeneous flows; Physical and chemical studies. Granulometry. Electrokinetic phenomena; Physics; Porous medium; Theoretical studies. Data and constants. Metering; Thermal properties of condensed matter; Thermal properties of small particles, nanocrystals, nanotubes; Triangular solid wall; Conjugate heat transfer; Cavity; Triangular solid wall; Darcy model; Nanofluids; Porous medium; Nanoparticle; Nanofluid; Triangular shape; Natural convection; Boundary condition; Cavity flow; Modeling; Heat source; Porous medium flow; Thick wall; Numerical simulation; Square section; Heat transfer; Finite difference method

The conjugate natural convection–conduction heat transfer in a square domain composed of nanofluids filled porous cavity heated by a triangular solid wall is studied under steady-state conditions. The vertical and horizontal walls of the triangular solid wall are kept isothermal and at the same hot...