Mixed convection heat transfer in horizontal channel filled with nanofluids

• 作 者: 樊涛 徐航 I. POP
• 机 构: State Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering, School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering
• 出 处: Applied Mathematics and Mechanics(English Edition)
• 发表日期: 2013年03期
• 关键词: convection filled laminar Brownian absolute Highly walls convergent simplified e

The laminar fully developed nanofluid flow and heat transfer in a horizonal channel are investigated. Highly accurate solutions for the temperature and nanoparticle concentration distributions are obtained. The effects of the Brownian motion parameter N b , the thermophoresis parameter N_t , and the Lewis number Le on the temperature and nanoparticle concentration distributions are discussed. The current analysis shows that the nanoparticles can improve the heat transfer characteristics significantly for this flow problem.

The laminar fully developed nanofluid flow and heat transfer in a horizonal channel are investigated. Highly accurate solutions for the temperature and nanoparticle concentration distributions are. The effects of the Brownian motion parameter N b, the thermophoresis parameter N_t, and the Lewis number Le on the temperature and nanoparticle concentration distributions are discussed. The current analysis shows that the nanoparticles can improve the heat transfer characteristics significantly for this flow problem.