Entropy generation vs energy efficiency for natural convection based energy flow in enclosures and various applications: a review

P Biswal, T Basak - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
The entropy generation minimization (EGM) technique is an important tool for the
optimization of the thermal systems via the analysis of the associated irreversibilities …

Impacts of heater-cooler position and Lorentz force on heat transfer and entropy generation of hybrid nanofluid convection in quarter-circular cavity

NK Manna, N Biswas, DK Mandal, UK Sarkar… - International Journal of …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose The study aims to assess the heater and cooler positional impacts systematically
using four different quadrantal cavities filled with hybrid nanofluid, kee** the curved …

Role of surface undulation during mixed bioconvective nanofluid flow in porous media in presence of oxytactic bacteria and magnetic fields

DK Mandal, N Biswas, NK Manna, RSR Gorla… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Transport phenomena involving thermo-bioconvection have become an interesting field of
research due to their novel application in various fields of engineering, bio-energy systems …

Effect of discrete heating-cooling on magneto-thermal-hybrid nanofluidic convection in cylindrical system

D Chatterjee, N Biswas, NK Manna, S Sarkar - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
In search of efficient energy utilization and superior thermal performance, the present study
is aimed at understanding the positional effect of discrete heaters and coolers on a …

[КНИГА][B] Convection in porous media

DA Nield, A Bejan - 2006 - Springer
By a porous medium we mean a material consisting of a solid matrix with an interconnected
void. We suppose that the solid matrix is either rigid (the usual situation) or it undergoes …

Numerical investigation of magnetohydrodynamic natural convection heat transfer and entropy generation in a rhombic enclosure filled with Cu-water nanofluid

S Dutta, N Goswami, AK Biswas, S Pati - … Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2019 - Elsevier
The present work analyses magnetohydrodynamic natural convection heat transfer and
entropy generation in rhombic enclosures filled with Cu-water nanofluids. Numerical …

[HTML][HTML] Thermal description and entropy evaluation of magnetized hybrid nanofluid with variable viscosity via Crank–Nicolson method

H Hanif, W Jamshed, MR Eid, S Shafie… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
The dominant characteristics of hybrid nanofluids, such as low cost, improved heat transfer
rates, and higher thermal and electrical conductivity, make them preferable fluids in thermal …

Analysis of heat transfer and pum** power for bottom-heated porous cavity saturated with Cu-water nanofluid

N Biswas, NK Manna, P Datta, PS Mahapatra - Powder technology, 2018 - Elsevier
The heat transfer and pum** power of a porous cavity along with nanofluid as working
fluid is an important issue from the design and performance analysis as well as the …

Heatlines: Modeling, visualization, mixing and thermal management

T Basak, D Das, P Biswal - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2018 - Elsevier
The bulk motion of fluid and diffusive transport within fluid are two processes during natural
or forced convection. The complexity of the convective heat flow is realized since last few …

Magnetic force vectors as a new visualization tool for magnetohydrodynamic convection

NK Manna, N Biswas - International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
In the absence of a proper visualizing tool to present the local intensity of magnetic force
during magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) convection, the understanding of the local behavior of …