Thermosolutal Convection of Natural and Anti-Natural Solutions Through an Angled Cavity Under Cross Gradients in Temperature and Concentration

Abstract

In the current study, cross-temperature and concentration gradients are used to model the in a binary fluid contained in an angled square cavity. Using a method, the , , and conservation equations were numerically solved. The inclined cavity under equal solutal buoyancy and thermal forces was the subject of the study . Since the horizontal components of the thermal and singular volume forces were equal but opposed to one another, an equilibrium solution for this situation that corresponds to the rest state of the immobile fluid is feasible. However, this equilibrium solution becomes unstable above a specific critical value of the , leading to vertical density stratification inside the enclosure. The results are shown using the and as well as the and for the flow intensity. The existence of the commencement of convection is demonstrated in this work, and both natural and anti-natural flow solutions are obtained. Subcritical convection has also been seen for the natural solution when the is more or less than unity. For the start of supercritical and subcritical convection, the number's critical values are identified. As the climbed, so did the flow's intensity and the rates at which heat and mass were transferred. Reducing flow intensity and accelerating mass transfer are the results of raising the . Different flow patterns are shown for an aspect ratio of 4, and the existence interval of the oscillatory solutions is calculated.