Transient natural convection flow of a nanofluid over a vertical cylinder

An analysis is performed to study unsteady free convective boundary layer flow of a nanofluid over a vertical cylinder. The model used for the nanofluid incorporates the effects of Brownian motion and thermophoresis. The governing equations are formulated and a numerical solution is obtained by using an explicit finite-difference scheme of the Crank-Nicolson type. The solutions at each time step have been found to reach the steady state solution properly. Numerical results for the steady-state velocity, temperature and nanoparticles volume fraction profiles as well as the axial distributions and the time histories of the skin-friction coefficient, Nusselt number and the Sherwood number are presented graphically and discussed.     

Transient free convection flow of a viscoelastic fluid over vertical surface

In this paper, the viscoelsatic boundary layer flow and the heat transfer near a vertical isothermal impermeable surface and in a quiescent fluid are examined. The gov-erning equations are formulated and solved numerically using MackCormak’s technique. The results show excellent agreement with previously published results by a compari-sion. Representative results for the velocity and temperature profiles, boundary layer thicknesses, Nusselt numbers, and local skin friction coefficients are shown graphically for different values of viscoelsatic parameters. In general, it is found that the velocities increase inside the hydrodynamic boundary layers and the temperatures decrease inside the thermal boundary layers for the viscoelsatic fluid as compared with the Newtonian fluid due to favorable tensile stresses. Consequently, the coefficients of friction and heat transfer enhance for higher viscoelsatic parameters.     

Transient natural convection flow of a particulate suspension through a vertical channel

Continuum equations governing transient, laminar, fully-developed natural convection flow of a particulate suspension through an infinitely long vertical channel are developed. The equations account for particulate viscous effects which are absent from the original dusty-gas model. The walls of the channel are maintained at constant but different temperatures. No-slip boundary conditions are employed for the particle phase at the channel walls. The general transient problem is solved analytically using trigonometric Fourier series and the Laplace transform method. A parametric study of some physical parameters involved in the problem is performed to illustrate the influence of these parameters on the flow and thermal aspects of the problem.     

Transient free convection flow between two vertical parallel plates

Transient free convection flow between two infinite vertical parallel plates has been investigated and good agreement was found between the results for large values of time and the well known ones for the steady-state problem.     

Unsteady mixed convection flow in stagnation region adjacent to a vertical surface

The unsteady two-dimensional laminar mixed convection flow in the stagnation region of a vertical surface has been studied where the buoyancy forces are due to both the temperature and concentration gradients. The unsteadiness in the flow and temperature fields is caused by the time-dependent free stream velocity. Both arbitrary wall temperature and concentration, and arbitrary surface heat and mass flux variations have been considered. The Navier-Stokes equations, the energy equation and the concentration equation, which are coupled nonlinear partial differential equations with three independent variables, have been reduced to a set of nonlinear ordinary differential equations. The analysis has also been done using boundary layer approximations and the difference between the solutions has been discussed. The governing ordinary differential equations for buoyancy assisting and buoyancy opposing regions have been solved numerically using a shooting method. The skin friction, heat transfer and mass transfer coefficients increase with the buoyancy parameter. However, the skin friction coefficient increases with the parameter , which represents the unsteadiness in the free stream velocity, but the heat and mass transfer coefficients decrease. In the case of buoyancy opposed flow, the solution does not exist beyond a certain critical value of the buoyancy parameter. Also, for a certain range of the buoyancy parameter dual solutions exist.Die zweidimensionale laminare Mischkonvektionsströmung im Staubereich einer vertikalen Oberfläche, in der Temperatur- und Konzentrationsgradienten die Auftriebskräfte erzeugen, wurde untersucht. Die Unstetigkeiten im Strömungs- und im Temperaturfeld liegen in der zeitabhängigen freien Strömungsge-schwindigkeit begründet. Die willkürliche Wandtempereratur und Konzentration sowie die willkürliche Oberflächenwärme- und die Massenstromschwankungen wurden in Betracht gezogen. Die Navier-Stokes-Gleichung, die Energiegleichung und die Konzentrationsgleichung, die drei nicht lineare, partielle Differentialgleichungen mit drei unabhängigen Variablen darstellen, sind auf eine Gruppe von nicht linearen, gewöhnlichen Differentialgleichungen reduziert worden. Die Berechnung ist auch mit der Grenzflächenap-proximation gemacht worden und die Unterschiede der Ergebnisse wurden diskutiert.Die bestehenden gewöhnlichen Differentialgleichungen für auftriebsuntertützte und auftriebshemmende Bereiche sind numerisch mit dem Shooting-Verfahren gelöst worden. Die Oberflächenreibung, die Wärme- und Stoffübertragungskoeffizienten steigen mit dem Auftriebsparameter. Der Oberflächenreibungskoeffizient steigt mit dem Parameter, der auch für die Unstetigkeit der freien Strömungsgeschwindigkeit verantwortlich ist. Die Wärme- und Stoffübertragungskoeffizienten sinken dann. Im Fall der auftriebsgehemmten Strömung, existiert nach einem bestimmten kritischen Wert des Auftriebsparameters keine Lösung mehr. Für eine bestimmte Reihe von Auftriebsparametern gibt es zwei Lösungen.     

Magnetohydrodynamic mixed convection in a vertical channel

The problem of combined free and forced convective magnetohydrodynamic flow in a vertical channel is analysed by taking into account the effect of viscous and ohmic dissipations. The channel walls are maintained at equal or at different constant temperatures. The velocity field and the temperature field are obtained analytically by perturbation series method and numerically by finite difference technique. The results are presented for various values of the Brinkman number and the ratio of Grashof number to the Reynolds number for both equal and different wall temperatures. Nusselt number at the walls is determined. It is found that the viscous dissipation enhances the flow reversal in the case of downward flow while it counters the flow in the case of upward flow. It is also found that the analytical and numerical solutions agree very well for small values of ε.     

Mixed convection from upward flow of hot air to a cooled vertical pipe

An experimental study had been carried out to investigate the buoyancy-opposed mixed convection from an upward flow of hot air to a vertical pipe with a cooled surface. The investigation covered a wide range of flow regime, ranging from the “free convection significant” to the “forced convection significant” conditions. Reynolds number of the flow extended from 966 to 14780, whereas the Buoyancy parameter, Ω [=Gr_d/(Re_d)²], varied from 0.008 to 2.77. A steady stream of hot air at a moderate pressure and a Prandtl number of 0.707 was arranged to flow upward through a vertical steel pipe, whose external wall was cooled uniformly by ambient air at 20°C. Test section of the vertical pipe was 1625 mm long with an internal diameter of 156 mm and an external diameter of 166 mm. Air temperature at inlet of the test section was varied from 40°C to 70°C. Both radial temperature and velocity profiles of the airflow were measured at inlet and exit of the test section respectively. Temperatures along the pipe wall were also measured. Non-dimensional expression for the prediction of the average heat transfer coefficient of the mixed convection from an upward flow of hot air to a vertical pipe with a cooled surface was developed from the experimental results. Convection heat transfer was found to impair when the flow is laminar and was enhanced for turbulent flow condition. Received on 20 July 1998     

Radiation effect on MHD mixed convection flow about a permeable vertical plate

This study investigates mixed convection heat transfer about a permeable vertical plate in the presence of magneto and thermal radiation effects. The effects of the mixed convection parameter, the radiation–conduction parameter, the surface temperature parameter, the magnetic parameter and the suction/injection parameter on the local skin friction and local heat transfer parameters are presented and analyzed.     

Unsteady mixed convection flow from a rotating vertical cone with a magnetic field

An analysis is developed to study the unsteady mixed convection flow over a vertical cone rotating in an ambient fluid with a time-dependent angular velocity in the presence of a magnetic field. The coupled nonlinear partial differential equations governing the flow have been solved numerically using an implicit finite-difference scheme. The local skin friction coefficients in the tangential and azimuthal directions and the local Nusselt number increase with the time when the angular velocity of the cone increases, but the reverse trend is observed for decreasing angular velocity. However, these are not mirror reflection of each other. The magnetic field reduces the skin friction coefficient in the tangential direction and also the Nusselt number, but it increases the skin friction coefficient in the azimuthal direction. The skin friction coefficients and the Nusselt number increase with the buoyancy force.     

Convective and absolute instabilities in non-Boussinesq mixed convection

The problem of non-Boussinesq mixed convection in a vertical channel formed by two differentially heated infinite plates is investigated and the complete convective/absolute instability boundary is computed for a wide range of physical parameters. A physical insight into the mechanisms causing instabilities is given. In particular, it is shown that the appearance of absolute instability is always dictated by a flow reversal within a channel; however, existence of the flow reversal does not exclude the possibility of convective instability. It is also shown that fluid’s non-linear transport property variations have a dramatic effect on the structure and complexity of spatio-temporal instabilities of the co-existing buoyancy and shear modes as the temperature difference across the channel increases. The validity of the stability results obtained using the procedure described in Suslov (J Comp Phys 212, 188–217, 2006) is assessed using the method of steepest descent. This work was partially supported by a computing grant from the Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing, 2000–2003.     

Transient boiling flow instabilities in a multi-channel upflow system

In this study, the transient boiling flow instabilities in a four parallel channel upflow system with and without cross-connections have been experimentally investigated using Freon-11 as the test fluid. Several series of transient experiments have been run using a step increase in power input with a constant flow control valve setting and a step decrease in flow rate with a constant heat input. Two major modes of oscillations, namely density-wave type and pressure-drop type oscillations, have been observed. Total system pressure drop has been plotted as a function of mass flow rate for various heat inputs and flow control valve settings, and the stable and unstable regions for transient density-wave type and pressure-drop type oscillations have been determined and the boundaries of sustained instabilities have also been indicated. Experiments have been conducted with equal and unequal heat inputs and the results have been compared with each other. A comparison of the transient instabilities observed in four parallel channel system with and without cross connections has also been made.     

Three-phase upward flow in a vertical pipe

In this paper we develop an approach to design a three-phase, gas–solid–liquid flow system that transports pneumatically scarified solid particles, including sticky ones, through a vertical pipe. The proposed system permits the introduction and maintenance of a liquid film that coats the pipe’s inner wall and acts as a lubricant that ensures sticky particles continue to move upward without permanently adhering to the pipe wall. The system’s operating conditions fall within the boundaries of the annular dispersed region on a typical flow pattern map of vertical flow of a gas–liquid mixture. High gas superficial velocities combined with low liquid superficial velocities characterize such a region. A combination of a modified one-dimensional, two-fluid annular dispersed flow model and a one-dimensional pneumatic conveying model is shown to describe this transport process satisfactorily. Solution of the combined models produces all the necessary design parameters including power requirements and superficial velocities of the two-fluid media needed to transport a given amount of solid particles. Results of model calculations are compared with rare three-phase flow data obtained prior to the development of the present model, by an independent experimental team that used the physical conditions of the present approach. Reasonable agreement justifies the use of the combined model for engineering design purposes.     

Thermophoretic deposition of particles in fully developed mixed convection flow in a parallel-plate vertical channel

A theoretical analysis is made for thermophoretic transport of small particles through a fully developed laminar, mixed convection flow in a parallel vertical channel. The governing gas-particle ordinary differential equations are expressed in non-dimensional form and are solved numerically for some values of the governing parameters so as to investigate extensively their distinct influence on the flow pattern. These equations are solved also analytically in the special case when the thermophoretic effect is absent and the obtained analytical solution can be regarded as a verification of the numerical results, simultaneously. The parameter zone for the occurrence of reversed flow is presented. It is found that the effect of thermophoretic can be quite significant in appropriate situations.     

Development of mixed convection flow over a vertical plate due to an impulsive motion

The development of the mixed convection flow of an incompressible laminar viscous fluid over a semi-infinite vertical plate has been investigated when the fluid in the external stream is set into motion impulsively, and at the same the surface temperature is suddenly raised from its ambient temperature. The problem is formulated in such a way that at time t = 0, it reduces to Rayleigh type of equation and as time t , it tends to Blasius type of equation. The scale of time has been selected such that the traditional infinite region of integration becomes finite which significantly reduces the computational time. The nonlinear coupled singular parabolic partial differential equations governing the unsteady mixed convection flow have been solved numerically by using an implicit finite-difference scheme. The surface shear stress and the heat transfer increase or decrease with time when the buoyancy parameter is greater or less than a certain valve. There is a smooth transition from the initial steady state to the final steady state. The skin friction and heat transfer for the constant heat flux case are more than those of the constant wall temperature case. Also they increase with the buoyancy force.     

Developing mixed convection in vertical eccentric annuli

This paper deals with the problem of combined (forced–free) convection in vertical eccentric annuli with simultaneously developing hydrodynamic and thermal boundary layers. A bipolar model has been developed and a numerical algorithm for solving this model is outlined. Results, not available in the literature, are presented for the developing velocity profiles, axial variation of pressure, full development length, and heat transfer parameters under thermal boundary conditions of having one of the annulus boundaries at a constant temperature while the other boundary is insulated. Both aiding and opposing free convection have been considered and possibilities of flow reversal occurrence have also been checked. After a distance from the channel entrance and provided that the value of Gr/Re is sufficiently large, aiding free convection can develop to overcome the fluid friction and the eccentric annular channel eventually works as a diffuser. The value of Gr/Re for which a vertical eccentric annular channel can work as a diffuser decreases as the eccentricity increases. The axial distance from the entrance at which the channel starts to work as a diffuser decreases as Gr/Re increases.     

Unsteady MHD mixed convection flow over an impulsively stretched permeable vertical surface in a quiescent fluid

The unsteady mixed convection flow of an incompressible laminar electrically conducting fluid over an impulsively stretched permeable vertical surface in an unbounded quiescent fluid in the presence of a transverse magnetic field has been investigated. At the same time, the surface temperature is suddenly increased from the surrounding fluid temperature or a constant heat flux is suddenly imposed on the surface. The problem is formulated in such a way that for small time it is governed by Rayleigh type of equation and for large time by Crane type of equation. The non-linear coupled parabolic partial differential equations governing the unsteady mixed convection flow under boundary layer approximations have been solved analytically by using the homotopy analysis method as well as numerically by an implicit finite difference scheme. The local skin friction coefficient and the local Nusselt number are found to decrease rapidly with time in a small time interval and they tend to steady-state values for t*≥5. They also increase with the buoyancy force and suction, but decrease with injection rate. The local skin friction coefficient increases with the magnetic field, but the local Nusselt number decreases. There is a smooth transition from the unsteady state to the steady state.     

Mathematical simulation of mixed convection in a vertical cylindrical vessel

Mixed laminar convection in a vertical cylindrical vessel is investigated. A flow model is developed and the temperature distribution in the core is obtained for a given specific heat flux on the lateral surface. The results of the analytic simulation are compared with numerical solutions of the problem for a specific heat flux which is constant on the lateral wall or varies linearly with height. Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 6, pp. 9–17, November–December, 1998.     

Unsteady mixed convection on the stagnation-point flow adjacent to a vertical plate with a magnetic field

An analysis is performed to study the unsteady combined forced and free convection flow (mixed convection flow) of a viscous incompressible electrically conducting fluid in the vicinity of an axisymmetric stagnation point adjacent to a heated vertical surface. The unsteadiness in the flow and temperature fields is due to the free stream velocity, which varies arbitrarily with time. Both constant wall temperature and constant heat flux conditions are considered in this analysis. By using suitable transformations, the Navier–Stokes and energy equations with four independent variables (x, y, z, t) are reduced to a system of partial differential equations with two independent variables (, ). These transformations also uncouple the momentum and energy equations resulting in a primary axisymmetric flow, in an energy equation dependent on the primary flow and in a buoyancy-induced secondary flow dependent on both primary flow and energy. The resulting system of partial differential equations has been solved numerically by using both implicit finite-difference scheme and differential-difference method. An interesting result is that for a decelerating free stream velocity, flow reversal occurs in the primary flow after certain instant of time and the magnetic field delays or prevents the flow reversal. The surface heat transfer and the surface shear stress in the primary flow increase with the magnetic field, but the surface shear stress in the buoyancy-induced secondary flow decreases. Further the heat transfer increases with the Prandtl number, but the surface shear stress in the secondary flow decreases.     

Transient natural convection through vertical porous stratum

An analytical study is made to examine the flow behaviour of a fully developed transient free-convective flow of an incompressible viscous fluid between two heated vertical walls in a porous system. A Laplace transform technique has been employed to obtain the expression for velocity, temperature and skin-friction. The influence of the various parameters, entering into the problem, on the velocity field and skin-friction is discussed in detail. Received on 11 March 1997     

A visual flow study of mixed convection in the entry region of a vertical internally heated annulus

The velocity distribution in laminar upward flow of water (Pr 7.25) in the entry of a vertical internally heated annulus (radius ratio 4:1) has been determined by visual observation. Photographic measurements have been made of the motion of hydrogen bubble clusters, which were generated by a carefully controlled process of electrolysis, to assess the effects of free convection effects on the forced flow.For heat fluxes up to 2500 W/m² and at a Reynolds number of approximately 450, local heat transfer coefficients have been obtained in a length of about 23 equivalent diameters. Heat transfer rate in the immediate entry was found to be insensitive to change in heat flux over the range of variables considered. As the distance downstream increased, the heat transfer rate was found to be dependent on the heat flux.