Galerkin finite element analysis of thermal aspects of Fe3O4-MWCNT/water hybrid nanofluid filled in wavy enclosure with uniform magnetic field effect

In this contribution, a numerical investigation was made for heat transfer and steady magneto-hydrodynamic natural convection in a fined cold wavy-walled porous enclosure with a hot elliptic inner cylinder occupied by hybrid Fe3O4-MWCNT /water nanofluid. The enclosure is also placed in a uniform magnetic field. The governing equations are verified by using the Galerkin Finite Element Method (GFEM). Our numerical conclusions are expressed in terms of distributions of isotherms, Nusselt number, and streamlines, which are important, control parameters for the heat convection, and flow in the enclosure. The findings elucidate that the Nu(avg) rises with the growth of Ra, porosity ratio, and Da ratio increase, though it reduces with the growth of Hartmann number.

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This paper numerically investigates heat transfer and steady magneto-hydrodynamic natural convection in a porous enclosure with a hot elliptic inner cylinder filled with hybrid Fe3O4-MWCNT /water nanofluid. The study uses Galerkin Finite Element Method (GFEM) to verify the governing equations and observes that the Nu(avg) increases with the growth of Ra, porosity ratio, and Da ratio, but decreases with the growth of Hartmann number.