Analysis of double diffusion natural convection in an enclosure filled with alumina water nanofluid using Buongioro's two phase model
International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow
ISSN: 0961-5539
Article publication date: 6 August 2019
Issue publication date: 17 October 2019
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to apply Buongiorno’s two phase model to analyse double diffusion natural convection in a square enclosure filled with nanofluids.
Design/methodology/approach
A computational code based on the SIMPLE algorithm and finite volume method is used to solve the non-dimensional governing equations.
Findings
The nanoparticle plays a crucial role when thermal and solutal buoyancy forces are equal and opposing.
Originality/value
This is the first paper to apply Buongiorno’s two phase model for double diffusion natural convection in enclosures filled with nanofluids.
Keywords
Citation
Natesan, S. and Arumugam, S.K. (2019), "Analysis of double diffusion natural convection in an enclosure filled with alumina water nanofluid using Buongioro's two phase model", International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, Vol. 29 No. 10, pp. 3707-3729. https://doi.org/10.1108/HFF-07-2018-0416
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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