Journal
ENERGIES
Volume 13, Issue 13, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/en13133457
Keywords
free convection; W-shaped inclined enclosure; porous medium; hybrid nanofluid; uniform heat generation or absorption
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- Research Unit of Ionized Backgrounds and Reagents Studies (UEMIR) at the Preparatory Institute for Engineering Studies of Monastir (IPEIM)-Tunisia
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In this paper, a 2D numerical study of natural convection heat transfer in a W-shaped inclined enclosure with a variable aspect ratio was performed. The enclosure contained a porous medium saturated with Ag/Al2O3 hybrid nanofluid in the presence of uniform heat generation or absorption under the effect of a uniform magnetic field. The vertical walls of the enclosure were heated differentially; however, the top and bottom walls were kept insulated. The governing equations were solved with numerical simulation software COMSOL Multiphysics which is based on the finite element method. The results showed that the convection heat transfer was improved with the increase of the aspect ratio; the average Nusselt number reached a maximum for an aspect ratio (AR) = 0.7 and the effect of the inclination was practically negligible for an aspect ratio of AR = 0.7. The maximum heat transfer performance was obtained for an inclination of omega=15 and the minimum is obtained for omega=30. The addition of composite nanoparticles ameliorated the convection heat transfer performance. This effect was proportional to the increase of Rayleigh and Darcy numbers, the aspect ratio and the fraction of Ag in the volumetric fraction of nanoparticles.
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