Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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11031154 | Journal of Molecular Liquids | 2018 | 32 Pages |
Abstract
The present study deals with MHD (Magnetohydrodynamic) natural convection associated to a micropolar nanofluid flowing in a radiative porous medium. An elliptical heat source is placed in the porous medium. The Darcy model and local thermal non-equilibrium condition are acceptable to simulate the porous medium. KKL model is employed to simulate the nanofluid flow. This model associates the viscosity and thermal conductivity with the temperature and considers the effects of Brownian motions on these two thermos-physical properties. The Galerkin finite element approach is utilized to dissolve the equations. The impacts of governing key parameters are investigated on the streamlines, isotherms of fluid and solid phases, and isolines of micro-rotation as well as the rates of heat transfer. The range of these parameters are Darcy-Rayleigh number Raâ¯=â¯10-1000, Hartman number Haâ¯=â¯0-50, nanoparticles volume fraction Ïâ¯=â¯0-0.04, interface heat transfer coefficient Hâ¯=â¯1-1000, porosity εâ¯=â¯0.1-0.9, modified thermal conductivity ratio Krâ¯=â¯0.1-10, vortex viscosity parameter Îâ¯=â¯0-2 and radiation parameter Rdâ¯=â¯0-2. The results illustrate that the strength of the particles' micro-rotations slightly increases when Rd grows. The increment of porosity increases and decreases the strength of the flow and micro-rotations of the particles, respectively. In addition, an increase in Î, Ha and ε enhance the total Nusselt number, while a reverse trend can be observed for H, Rd, Kr and Ra.
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Authors
Heidar Hashemi, Zafar Namazian, Seyed Mohsen Hashem Zadeh, S.A.M. Mehryan,