International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow: Volume 31 Issue 10

Strategies for solving inverse problems in thermal processes and systems

Yogesh Jaluria

This paper aims to discuss inverse problems that arise in a variety of practical thermal processes and systems. It presents some of the approaches that may be used to obtain…

Phase-field modeling of multicomponent and multiphase flows in microfluidic systems: a review

Somnath Santra, Shubhadeep Mandal, Suman Chakraborty

The purpose of this study is to perform a detailed review on the numerical modeling of multiphase and multicomponent flows in microfluidic system using phase-field method. The…

Finite element analysis of water-based Ferrofluid flow in a partially heated triangular cavity

Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Hamid, Zafar Hayat Khan, Rizwan Ul Haq, Waqar Ahmed Khan

This study aims to deal with the numerical investigation of ferrofluid flow and heat transfer inside a right-angle triangular cavity in the presence of a magnetic field. The…

Genetic algorithm based cooling energy optimization of data centers

Jayati Athavale, Minami Yoda, Yogendra Joshi

This study aims to present development of genetic algorithm (GA)-based framework aimed at minimizing data center cooling energy consumption by optimizing the cooling set-points…

Toward the implementation of a multi-component framework in a density-based flow solver for handling chemically reacting flows

Nikhil Kalkote, Ashwani Assam, Vinayak Eswaran

The purpose of this study is to present and demonstrate a numerical method for solving chemically reacting flows. These are important for energy conversion devices, which rely on…

Numerical analysis of a hybrid tubular and cavity air receiver for solar thermal applications

Sayuj Sasidharan, Pradip Dutta

This paper aims to deal with characterisation of the thermal performance of a hybrid tubular and cavity solar thermal receiver.

Water–copper nanofluid flow in flat and ribbed microchannels: numerical modeling and optimization

Alireza Dibaji, Seyed Amin Bagherzadeh, Arash Karimipour

This paper aims to simulate the nanofluid forced convection in a microchannel. According to the results, at high Reynolds numbers and higher nanofluid volume fractions, an…