Thermal convection in a chamber filled with a nanosuspension driven by a chemical reaction using Tiwari and Das’ model
International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow
ISSN: 0961-5539
Article publication date: 3 July 2020
Issue publication date: 12 January 2021
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to study numerically the steady thermal convection in a chamber filled with a nanoliquid affected by a chemical reaction using the single-phase nanofluid approximation.
Design/methodology/approach
Water was considered as a host fluid while nanoparticles are aluminum oxide. Homogeneous reactions are analyzed. The nonlinear partial differential equations describing the considered problem are simulated using the finite difference technique.
Findings
The results of streamlines, isotherms, isoconcentrations, nanofluid flow rate, mean Nusselt and Sherwood numbers are discussed. The data demonstrate that the mean Sherwood number increases with the homogeneous reaction rate. Further, nanofluid flow rate can be increased with nanoparticles concentration for high Rayleigh numbers owing to the homogeneous chemical reaction inside the cavity.
Originality/value
Searching the existent references illustrates that the homogeneous-heterogeneous reactions influence on the nanoliquid motion and energy transport within enclosures has not been investigated before. The results of this paper are completely original and the numerical results of the present paper were never published by any researcher.
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Acknowledgements
This work of M.A. Sheremet was supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Russian Federation (agreement No. 075–02-2020–1479/1). Also, we thank the respected reviewers for their constructive comments which clearly enhanced the quality of the manuscript.
Citation
Sheremet, M.A., Grosan, T. and Pop, I. (2021), "Thermal convection in a chamber filled with a nanosuspension driven by a chemical reaction using Tiwari and Das’ model", International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, Vol. 31 No. 1, pp. 452-470. https://doi.org/10.1108/HFF-05-2020-0282
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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