Impact of particles tracking model of nanofluid on forced convection heat transfer within a wavy horizontal channel

Development of modern heat exchangers or solar collectors is related to the analysis of working fluid flow and heat transfer within different channels. The energy transport enhancement can be reached by including nanofluids as working media and irregular channels to intensify the heat removal. The present research is devoted to computational analysis of nanosuspension forced convection in a horizontal wavy channel under the impact of heating from the upper wavy surface. The single-phase nanofluid approach with experimentally-based correlations for viscosity and thermal conductivity holds implemented for an investigation in combination with Newton's second law for the description of the motion of the nanoparticle within the channel. The formulated boundary-value problem has been worked out by the finite element technique. Rules of Reynolds number, number of channel waviness, and dimensionless time on nanoliquid flow, energy transport and nanoparticles motion within the channel as well as average parameters. It has occurred that a rise from Reynolds number characterizes a narrowing of the fluid tube within the channel with an improvement of the average velocity and average Nusselt number. Augmentation of the channel waviness number results in an increment of the average particles velocity and average temperature.

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The analysis focuses on the computational study of nanosuspension forced convection in a horizontal wavy channel with heating from the upper wavy surface. The use of nanofluids and irregular channels can enhance energy transport and heat removal. Increasing Reynolds number leads to a narrowing of fluid tube within the channel and improvement of average velocity and Nusselt number, while higher channel waviness number results in increased average particle velocity and temperature.