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PHYSICA A-STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS
卷 509, 期 -, 页码 515-535出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2018.06.034
关键词
Radiation; Free convection; Nanofluid; Lattice Boltzmann method
This paper aims to simulate the interaction between thermal surface radiation and nanofluid free convection in a two dimensional shallow cavity by lattice Boltzmann method. The supposed nanofluid is generated by a homogeneous mixture of water and nanoparticles of Al2O3. The upper and lower walls of cavity are maintained at cold and hot temperature, respectively; while the side walls are kept thermally insulated. The cavity aspect ratio is chosen as 5 which indicates a shallow one. The cavity all inner surfaces are considered as the gray diffuse emitters and reflectors of radiation. The computations are performed for the wide range of parameters as Ra = 10(4) and Ra = 10(5); epsilon = 0.5 and epsilon = 0.9 while nanoparticles volume fraction changes between 0.0<0.04 at each case. As a result, the effects of emissivity and Rayleigh number are studied on the total heat transfer of radiation and free convection of nanofluid. The suitable validations are examined beside the useful grid study procedure. The results are presented as the profiles of velocity and temperature and also the streamlines and isotherms. Moreover the local and averaged Nusselt numbers are provided for the coupled and uncoupled states of radiation and free convection heat transfer mechanisms. It is seen that Nu(m) of total free convection and radiation would be more at higher Ra and epsilon; which indicates that radiation heat transfer coupled with free convection might affect the flow field and improve the Nusselt number. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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