Numerical study of the evaporation of a liquid film with a low nanoparticles volume fraction

In this present work, a numerical study of conjugated heat and mass transfers along a vertical channel was performed. The effect of nanoparticles introduced in a liquid film flow (nanofluid) is investigated. The left plate of channel is heated by a constant heat flux, while the right wall is dry and insulated. The numerical method applied solves the coupled governing equations together with the boundary and interface conditions. Results are presented for nanofluid-air systems. Parametric computations are performed to evaluate the nanofluids performances with variant nanoparticles types and volume fraction.