Two phase simulation of nanofluid flow and heat transfer using heatline analysis

In this study Control Volume based Finite Element Method is applied to solve the problemof natural convection heat transfer in an enclosure filled with nanofluid. The important effect of Brownian motion and thermophoresis has been included in the model of nanofluid. The inner sinusoidal and outer circular walls are maintained at constant temperatures while the two other walls are thermally insulated. The heat transfer between cold and hot regions of the enclosure cannot bewell understood by using isothermpatterns so heatline visualization technique is used to find the direction and intensity of heat transfer in a domain. Effects of thermal Rayleigh number (Ra), buoyancy ratio number (Nr) and Lewis number (Le) on streamline, isotherm, isoconcentration and heatline are examined. The results indicate that the average Nusselt number decreases as buoyancy ratio number increases until it reaches a minimumvalue and then starts increasing. As Lewis number increases, thisminimum value occurs at higher buoyancy ratio number

Heatline Nanofluid Brownian Thermophoresis Natural convection CVFEM