Studies on natural convection within enclosures of various (non-square) shapes–A review

D Das, M Roy, T Basak - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2017 - Elsevier
Natural convection in an enclosure (internal convection) is an important problem due to its
significant practical applications. In energy related applications, natural convection plays a …

A review on entropy generation in natural and mixed convection heat transfer for energy systems

HF Oztop, K Al-Salem - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the second law analysis of thermodynamics in enclosures due to
buoyancy-induced flow for energy systems. It defines entropy generation minimization or …

Effects of enclosure shape on MHD nanofluid flow and irreversibility in different shaped systems under fluid volume constraint

NK Manna, A Saha, N Biswas, K Ghosh - International Journal of …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of enclosure shape on
magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) nanofluidic flow, heat transfer and irreversibility in square …

Numerical simulation of hydrothermal features of Cu–H2O nanofluid natural convection within a porous annulus considering diverse configurations of heater

AS Dogonchi, MK Nayak, N Karimi… - Journal of Thermal …, 2020 - Springer
The purpose of the current study is to numerically investigate the effects of shape factors of
nanoparticles on natural convection in a fluid-saturated porous annulus developed between …

MHD mixed convection and entropy generation of nanofluid filled lid driven cavity under the influence of inclined magnetic fields imposed to its upper and lower …

F Selimefendigil, HF Öztop, AJ Chamkha - Journal of Magnetism and …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this study, mixed convection of CuO–water nanofluid filled lid driven cavity having its
upper and lower triangular domains under the influence of inclined magnetic fields is …

Conjugate heat transfer and entropy generation in a cavity filled with a nanofluid-saturated porous media and heated by a triangular solid

MA Ismael, T Armaghani, AJ Chamkha - Journal of the Taiwan Institute of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Entropy generation due to conjugate natural convection–conduction heat transfer in a
square domain is numerically investigated under steady-state condition. The domain …

MHD natural convection flow enclosure in a corrugated cavity filled with a porous medium

RU Haq, FA Soomro, T Mekkaoui… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this article, a complete structure of corrugated surface is established for heat transfer
effects in the presence of uniform magnetic field. A natural convection phenomenon is …

[HTML][HTML] Entropy generation and natural convection of CuO-water nanofluid in C-shaped cavity under magnetic field

A Chamkha, M Ismael, A Kasaeipoor, T Armaghani - Entropy, 2016 - mdpi.com
This paper investigates the entropy generation and natural convection inside a C-shaped
cavity filled with CuO-water nanofluid and subjected to a uniform magnetic field. The …

Natural convection and entropy generation of nanofluid filled cavity having different shaped obstacles under the influence of magnetic field and internal heat …

F Selimefendigil, HF Öztop - Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical …, 2015 - Elsevier
In this study, natural convection in a nano-fluid filled cavity having different shaped obstacles
(circular, square and diamond) installed under the influence of a uniform magnetic field and …

Effect of magnetic field on natural convection in a triangular enclosure filled with nanofluid

AH Mahmoudi, I Pop, M Shahi - International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2012 - Elsevier
A numerical analysis of natural convection has been performed for a two-dimensional
triangular enclosure with partially heated from below and cold inclined wall filled with …