In this paper, we have considered a fully developed flow of a viscous incompressible fluid in a rectangular porous duct saturated with the same fluid. The duct is heated from the bottom for forced and mixed convection...In this paper, we have considered a fully developed flow of a viscous incompressible fluid in a rectangular porous duct saturated with the same fluid. The duct is heated from the bottom for forced and mixed convection. The Brinkman model is used to simulate the momentum transfer in the porous duct. Using the momentum and thermal energy equations, the entropy generation has been obtained due to the heat transfer, viscous and Darcy dissipations. It is found from the mathematical analysis that the entropy generation is double when the viscous as well as the Darcy dissipations terms are taken in the thermal energy equation in comparison when the viscous as well as the Darcy dissipations terms are not taken in the thermal energy equation. This result clearly shows that there is no need of taking the viscous and Darcy dissipations terms in the thermal energy equation to obtain the entropy generation.展开更多
This paper presents an analytical solution for natural convection flow in a vertical annulus due to time-periodic heating of annulus surfaces.Closed-form expressions for velocity,temperature,skin-friction,mass flow ra...This paper presents an analytical solution for natural convection flow in a vertical annulus due to time-periodic heating of annulus surfaces.Closed-form expressions for velocity,temperature,skin-friction,mass flow rate and rate of heat transfer which is expressed as Nusselt number are obtained by solving the present mathematical model after separating into steady component and periodic regime.The effects of pertinent parameters such as Strouhal number(St),Prandtl number(Pr)and radius ratio(λ)are shown with the aid of contour and line graphs.Results indicate that the role of Strouhal number and Prandtl number is to decrease fluid velocity,temperature and skin-friction.Furthermore,increase in Strouhal number increases the temperature phase-lag.展开更多
文摘In this paper, we have considered a fully developed flow of a viscous incompressible fluid in a rectangular porous duct saturated with the same fluid. The duct is heated from the bottom for forced and mixed convection. The Brinkman model is used to simulate the momentum transfer in the porous duct. Using the momentum and thermal energy equations, the entropy generation has been obtained due to the heat transfer, viscous and Darcy dissipations. It is found from the mathematical analysis that the entropy generation is double when the viscous as well as the Darcy dissipations terms are taken in the thermal energy equation in comparison when the viscous as well as the Darcy dissipations terms are not taken in the thermal energy equation. This result clearly shows that there is no need of taking the viscous and Darcy dissipations terms in the thermal energy equation to obtain the entropy generation.
文摘This paper presents an analytical solution for natural convection flow in a vertical annulus due to time-periodic heating of annulus surfaces.Closed-form expressions for velocity,temperature,skin-friction,mass flow rate and rate of heat transfer which is expressed as Nusselt number are obtained by solving the present mathematical model after separating into steady component and periodic regime.The effects of pertinent parameters such as Strouhal number(St),Prandtl number(Pr)and radius ratio(λ)are shown with the aid of contour and line graphs.Results indicate that the role of Strouhal number and Prandtl number is to decrease fluid velocity,temperature and skin-friction.Furthermore,increase in Strouhal number increases the temperature phase-lag.
