Heatline analysis of thermal mixing due to natural convection in discretely heated porous cavities filled with various fluids

Kaluri, Ram Satish; Basak, Tanmay

doi:10.1016/j.ces.2009.12.011

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Thermal management investigation on fluid processing within porous rhombic cavities: Heatlines versus entropy generation

Das

Basak

2017

Can J Chem Eng

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The study of natural convection in rhombic enclosure has been a subject of interest in the recent past. In the current work, the effect of various shapes of the rhombic enclosure (w ¼ 458, 608, and 758) is investigated for fixed areas (A ¼ 0.5, 1, and 1.5) over an extensive range of parameters (Pr m ¼ 0.015 À 1000, Da m ¼ 10 À5 À 10 À2 , and Ra m ¼ 10 6 ) for an optimal thermal configuration. The rhombic enclosure is subjected to the isothermal heating of the bottom wall along with the cold side and top walls. The results are shown in the form of entropy generation maps (S u and S c ) along with the heatlines (P), streamlines (c), and isotherms (u). It is observed that S u decreases near the left wall whereas S u near the top and right walls increases with w, irrespective of A. A large regime near the bottom portion of the left wall and right portion of the bottom wall corresponds to the higher magnitude of S c and that extends over a wider region for the higher w. The results in terms of total entropy generation (S total ), average Bejan number (Be av ), and average Nusselt number (Nu b ) are compared with those within the square cavity (w ¼ 90 ). Overall, it may be concluded that the rhombic enclosure with w ¼ 45 at A ¼ 0.5 is the optimal configuration for the thermal processing of the fluids based on the moderate S total and Nu b .

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