Fakher Oueslati^a,b,†, Brahim Ben-Beya^b

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.8, pp. 1-11, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.8.38

Abstract The current study deals with a numerical investigation of magnetoconvection and entropy generation within a lid driven square cavity subject to uniform magnetic field and filled with liquid metal. Effects of multiple parameters namely; the Prandtl, Hartmann and Richardson numbers were predicted and analyzed using a numerical methodology based on the finite volume method and a full multigrid technique. The numerical outcome of the present study shows that, the enhancement of Hartmann number declines the heat transfer rate for all liquid metals considered. Moreover, it is observed that augmenting the Richardson number leads to acceleration of the flow with a… More >

C. G. Mohan, A. Satheesh^*

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.8, pp. 1-13, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.8.36

Abstract In this study, a two-dimensional steady state double-diffusive mixed convective flow in a square cavity with Soret effect is presented. The numerical investigation is considered with two different conditions, (a) top and bottom walls move with same velocity (Uo) towards right and (b) top wall moves towards right and bottom wall moves towards left with the same velocity (Uo). The left and right walls remain stationary. The top and bottom walls are adiabatic; the left wall is maintained at high temperature and concentration. The right wall is maintained at low temperature and concentration. Governing equations are solved by finite volume… More >

Noraihan Afiqah Rawi^a , Abdul Rahman Mohd Kasim^b , Zaiton Mat Isa^a , Aurangzaib Mangi^c , Sharidan Shafie^a,*

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.8, pp. 1-7, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.8.12

Abstract Mixed convection flows of nanofluid past an inclined stretching sheet with g-jitter effect is studied in this paper. Water based nanofluid containing copper, copper oxide, aluminium oxide and silver nanoparticles are concerned. Coupled nonlinear partial differential equations are solved using Kellerbox method. The effect of solid nanoparticles volume fraction parameter, frequency of oscillation and inclination angle parameter is observed to reduce the skin friction and heat transfer coefficients whereas mixed convection parameter increases both skin friction and heat transfer coefficients. Present study also shows that, the heat transfer coefficient is highest for silver nanofluid. More >

D. Srinivasacharya^* , Md. Shafeeurrahaman

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.8, pp. 1-8, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.8.11

Abstract In this article the laminar mixed convective incompressible electrically conducting flow of a nanofluid in vertical channel has been investigated by considering Hall and Ion-slip parameter effects. The nonlinear governing equations are non-dimensionalized and then solving by using HAM procedure. The impact of the magnetic, Hall and Ion-slip parameter on dimensionless velocity, temperature and nanoparticle concentration are investigated and represented geo-metrically. More >

J. Pranitha^a,* , G. Venkata Suman^a , D. Srinivasacharya^a

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.9, pp. 1-8, 2017, DOI:10.5098/hmt.9.39

Abstract An analysis is performed to investigate the influence of radiation, thermal-diffusion and variable properties on mixed convection flow, heat and mass transfer from a vertical plate in a porous medium saturated with a power-law fluid. The non-linear partial differential equations are reduced to ordinary differential equations by implementing Lie scaling group transformations. These ordinary differential equations are solved numerically by implementing a shooting technique. The numerical results for dimensionless velocity, temperature and concentration profiles for pseudo-plastic, Newtonian and dilatant fluids are presented graphically for different values of variable viscosity, variable thermal conductivity, Soret and radiation parameters. Heat and mass transfer… More >

Astick Banerjee^a , Aurang Zaib^b , Krishnendu Bhattacharyya^c,* , S.K. Mahato^d

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.10, pp. 1-8, 2018, DOI:10.5098/hmt.10.30

Abstract The magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) mixed convection heat transfer in a non-Newtonian Powell-Erying fluid flow due to an exponentially shrinking porous sheet is investigated. Both assisting and opposing flows are considered. After use of the suitable transformations, the governing equations become non-similar ODEs. Numerical computations of resulting equations are obtained by very efficient shooting method for several values of involved parameters. The results exhibit that dual non-similar solutions can be found only when some amount of fluid mass is sucked from the flow field through the porous sheet. Many important results on the effect of external magnetic field on mixed convective flow… More >

M.D. Shamshuddin^a,*, A.J. Chamkha^b,c, Thirupathi Thumma^d, M.C. Raju^e

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.10, pp. 1-15, 2018, DOI:10.5098/hmt.10.15

Abstract In the current paper, a finite element computational solution is conducted for MHD double diffusive flow characterizing dissipative micropolar mixed convective heat and mass transfer adjacent to a vertical porous plate embedded in a saturated porous medium. The micropolar fluid is also chemically reacting, both Soret and Dufour effects and also heat absorption included. The governing partial differential equations for momentum, heat, angular momentum and species conservation are transformed into dimensionless form under the assumption of low Reynolds number with appropriate dimensionless quantities. The emerging boundary value problem is then solved numerically with an efficient computational finite element method employing… More >

R. Suresh Babu^1,2, B. Rushi Kumar^1,*, P.A. Dinesh²

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.10, pp. 1-9, 2018, DOI:10.5098/hmt.10.3

Abstract This problem deals with the effects of double diffusive, mixed convective flow of an incompressible viscous fluid through a vertical heated plate embedded in a non-Darcy porous medium under the influence of variable fluid properties numerically. The governing equations are modeled for the double diffusive boundary layer flow to understand the behaviour of velocity, temperature and concentration for variable fluid properties namely permeability, porosity, thermal conductivity and solutal diffusivity of the physical modal. Using a suitable similarity transformation, the highly nonlinear coupled PDE's are reduced into a set of coupled ordinary differential equations. By applying the Shooting technique with the… More >

Sanjib Sengupta^a,*, Amrit Karmakar^b

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.11, pp. 1-13, 2018, DOI:10.5098/hmt.11.30

Abstract In this paper an analysis on heat and mass transfer is made to study magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) mixed convective flow of an incompressible viscous fluid flowing past an inclined plate. A magnetic field of uniform strength is applied to the plate to influence the flow. Due to weak voltage differences caused by the very low polarization charges, the influence of electric field is considered to be neglected. Again large temperature gradient ensures cross diffusion effect like thermo-diffusion (Soret) in the field. The governed set of non-linear partial differential equations is solved by developing a multi-parameter asymptotic perturbation scheme. The influence of… More >

Zoubair Boulahia^* , Abderrahim Wakif, Rachid Sehaqui

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.11, pp. 1-10, 2018, DOI:10.5098/hmt.11.11

Abstract A numerical study has been performed to investigate mixed convection flow in a vented square cavity with circular cooling obstacle. The governing equations such as two dimensional Navier-Stokes, continuity, and energy balance equations have been solved using a finite volume discretization method with SIMPLE algorithm. The effect of the Richardson number, outlet port location and volume fraction of nanoparticles were studied. The outlet port is varied from top to bottom in order to find the maximum heat transfer rate. The results indicated that by increasing the volume fraction of nanoparticles and reducing Richardson number, the heat transfer rate is enhanced.… More >