Entropy generation of double diffusive natural convection in a three dimensional differentially heated enclosure has been performed numerically. Vertical walls of enclosure are heated differentially and remaining walls are adiabatic. The obtained results were presented via iso-concentration, iso-temperatures, velocity vector projection, particle trajectories, velocity profiles, iso-entropy, loc...

A finite-element simulation of binary alloy solidification based on a single-domain formulation is presented and tested. Resolution of phase change is first checked by comparison with the analytical results of Worster [M.G. Worster, Solidification of an alloy from a cooled boundary, J. Fluid Mech. 167 (1986) 481–501] for purely diffusive solidification. Fluid dynamical processes without phase c...

Transient natural convection is numerically investigated in an enclosure using variable thermal conductivity, viscosity, and the thermal expansion coefficient of Al2O3-water nanofluid. The study has been conducted for a wide range of Rayleigh numbers (103≤ Ra ≤ 106), concentrations of nanoparticles (0% ≤ ϕ ≤ 7%), the enclosure aspect ratio (AR =1), and temperature differences between the cold a...

In the present study the effect of Prandtl number on magneto-convection in a lid driven square cavity with a sinusoidal vertical wall were investigated numerically. The horizontal bottom and top walls are adiabatic. The left and right vertical walls are temperature Th and Tc respectively with Th>Tc. The governing equations along with appropriate boundary conditions for the present problem are f...

The usage of natural convection has many applications for cooling and controlling the temperature electronic components. Therefore, in present simulation, average Nusselt number maximum surface's components are studied by adding nano-emulsion phase change material (NPCM) with water as base fluid. Because, previous studies show that NPCM to a fluid can increase specific heat capacity mixture ord...