Numerical simulation on MHD mixed convection of Cu-water nanofluid in a trapezoidal lid-driven cavity

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Toghraie, Davood^a;

Affiliations: [a] Young Researchers and Elite Club, Khomeinishahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khomeinishahr, Iran E-mail: Toghraee@iaukhsh.ac.ir

Correspondence: [*] E-mail: Toghraee@iaukhsh.ac.ir

Abstract: Optimization of the cooling processes by fluids in many industries such as power generation, transportation, machining, and electronics is very important. Heat transfer equipment to achieve higher efficiency, need to downsizing of the equipment, and increase the heat transfer rate per unit of surface. The aim of this paper is to investigate the effect of MHD mixed convection flow of Cu-water nanofluid in a trapezoidal lid-driven cavity with different tilt angles in a range of 0° to 60°. The cavity consists of the non-uniformly heated bottom wall, insulated top wall, and isothermal sidewalls. The governing equations of the flow by using the finite volume method and the SIMPLE algorithm have been numerically solved. The studies for the wide range of Richardson number (Ri) from 0.01 to 10, volume fraction of nanoparticles from 0.1% to 4% and Hartman number (Ha) from 0 to 40 in the steady-state have been done. Result in the form of streamline, vorticity and temperature contours for three geometry, local Nusselt number graphs for non-uniformly heated bottom surface and velocity profile on the vertical centerline of the cavity in different geometry have been investigated. The results show that the average Nusselt number on the non-uniformly heated bottom wall is dependent on dimensionless parameters and tilt angles. Also, applying a magnetic field, reduce the velocity profile changes, and using nanoparticles will cause increasing the Nusselt number.

Keywords: Mixed convection, magneto-hydrodynamic, trapezoidal cavity, non-uniformly heated surface

DOI: 10.3233/JAE-190123

Journal: International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, vol. 62, no. 4, pp. 683-710, 2020