https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-020-01042-y
Regular Article
Effect of partial open on natural convection heat transfer of CNT–water nanofluid in a square cavity with magnetic field
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Department of Science and Humanities, Karpagam College of Engineering, 641 032, Coimbatore, India
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Faculty of Engineering, Kuwait College of Science and Technology, Doha, Kuwait
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Center of Excellence in Desalination Technology, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80200, 21589, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Received:
5
September
2020
Accepted:
22
December
2020
Published online:
6
January
2021
This paper reports the effect of partial open on natural convection of CNT–water-based nanofluid in a square cavity with the presence of magnetic field. The impact of partial open can be analyzed by three different cases such as left, middle, and right opening positions of the top adiabatic wall. The governed unsteady non-dimensional PDE equations are solved by SIMPLE algorithm with finite volume method. From the obtained computational results, the flow and temperature fields are visualized through streamlines and isothermal contours and the heat transfer rate is scrutinized via average Nusselt number. In addition, the increasing rate of heat transfer rate with solid volume fraction are analyzed by slop of linear regression method. It is found that the effect of partial open on the heat transfer rate is insignificant with the position of open.
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