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INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS IN HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER
Volume 44, Issue -, Pages 135-146Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2013.03.011
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Natural convection; Oval; Heat source; Fe3O4; Nanofluid; CFD
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This work concerns with the study of natural convection heat transfer in rectangular cavities with an inside oval-shaped heat source filled with Fe3O4/water nanofluid. The finite element method is employed to solve the governing equations for this problem. Average Nusselt numbers are presented for a wide range of Rayleigh number (10(3) <= Ra <= 10(5)), volume fraction of nanoparticles (0 <= phi <= 14%), and four different size and shapes of the heat source. Depending on concentration of the nanoparticle, geometry of the heat source, and the value of Rayleigh number different behaviors are monitored for average Nusselt numbers. Configuration of the heat source dictates a significant change on the behavior of the average Nusselt number, while addition of the nanoparticles has a negative effect on the magnitude of Nusselt number for this problem. (c) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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