Buoyant Marangoni convection of nanofluids in square cavity

doi:10.1007/s10483-015-1973-6

Abstract

Abstract: The buoyant Marangoni convection heat transfer in a differentially heated cavity is numerically studied. The cavity is filled with water-Ag, water-Cu, water-Al₂O₃, and water-TiO₂ nanofluids. The governing equations are based on the equations involving the stream function, vorticity, and temperature. The dimensionless forms of the governing equations are solved by the finite difference (FD) scheme consisting of the alternating direction implicit (ADI) method and the tri-diagonal matrix algorithm (TDMA). It is found that the increase in the nanoparticle concentration leads to the decrease in the flow rates in the secondary cells when the convective thermocapillary and the buoyancy force have similar strength. A critical Marangoni number exists, below which increasing the Marangoni number decreases the average Nusselt number, and above which increasing the Marangoni number increases the average Nusselt number. The nanoparticles play a crucial role in the critical Marangoni number.

Key words: nanofluid, finite difference method, Marangoni convection

2010 MSC Number:

O353.4

H. SALEH, I. HASHIM. Buoyant Marangoni convection of nanofluids in square cavity. Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (English Edition), 2015, 36(9): 1169-1184.

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