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Entropy Generation and Natural Convection Flow of Hybrid Nanofluids in a Partially Divided Wavy Cavity Including Solid Blocks

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ENERGIES
Volume 13, Issue 11, Pages -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/en13112942

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complex wavy wall cavity; entropy generation; natural convection; hybrid nanofluid; solid blocks; finite element method

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  1. Malaysian Ministry of Education [FRGS/1/2019/STG06/UKM/01/2]

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The present investigation addressed the entropy generation, fluid flow, and heat transfer regarding Cu-Al2O3-water hybrid nanofluids into a complex shape enclosure containing a hot-half partition were addressed. The sidewalls of the enclosure are made of wavy walls including cold isothermal temperature while the upper and lower surfaces remain insulated. The governing equations toward conservation of mass, momentum, and energy were introduced into the form of partial differential equations. The second law of thermodynamic was written for the friction and thermal entropy productions as a function of velocity and temperatures. The governing equations occurred molded into a non-dimensional pattern and explained through the finite element method. Outcomes were investigated for Cu-water, Cu-Al2O3-water, and Cu-Cu-Al2O3-water nanofluids to address the effect of using composite nanoparticles toward the flow and temperature patterns and entropy generation. Findings show that using hybrid nanofluid improves the Nusselt number compared to simple nanofluids. In the case of low Rayleigh numbers, such enhancement is more evident. Changing the geometrical aspects of the cavity induces different effects toward the entropy generation and Bejan number. Generally, the global entropy generation for Cu-Cu-Al2O3-water hybrid nanofluid takes places between the entropy generation values regarding Cu-water and Cu-Al2O3-water nanofluids.

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