Heat Transfer Analysis of Nanofluid Flow with Porous Medium through Jeffery Hamel Diverging/Converging Channel

In this paper, flow and heat transfer of nanofluid through a converging or diverging channel with porous medium is investigated. The fluid constantly flows under the effect of magnetic field through the channel. The diverging/converging fluid motion is modeled using the momentum and energy equations...

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Published inJournal of applied and computational mechanics Vol. 6; no. 3; pp. 433 - 444
Main Authors Akinbowale T. Akinshilo, Adeleke Ilegbusi, Hafiz M. Ali, Abdul-Jalil Surajo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz 01.07.2020
Subjects
diverging/converging plates
hpm
jeffery hamel
nanofluid
porous medium
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ISSN2383-4536
2383-4536
DOI10.22055/jacm.2019.29467.1601

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Summary:In this paper, flow and heat transfer of nanofluid through a converging or diverging channel with porous medium is investigated. The fluid constantly flows under the effect of magnetic field through the channel. The diverging/converging fluid motion is modeled using the momentum and energy equations. The influence of some parameters such as opening channel angle, Reynolds number and Darcy’s number when the nanofluid flows through the non-parallel plates are studied. It is seen that high Reynolds number enhances the fluid viscosity while decreases velocity. Similarly, heat transfer reduces at high Darcy’s number owing to decreased flow consequently internal friction reduces. The obtained results in comparison with the similar studies in the literatures show satisfactory agreement.
ISSN:2383-4536
2383-4536
DOI:10.22055/jacm.2019.29467.1601