Annulus shape tank with convective flow in a porous zone with impose of MHD
Yu‐Ming Chu, Zahra Salahshoor, Maliheh Saber Shahraki, Ahmad Shafee, Quang‐Vu Bach
Abstract
Current investigation deals with influence of inclusion of nanoparticles within the permeable medium within a tank with circular outer wall. The inner surface is hot and the radiative term has been imposed in temperature equation. Vorticity formula helps us to remove the pressure terms from equations and CVFEM was incorporated to calculate the amount of scalars in each node. With correlating the current data from previous paper, verification procedure was done which demonstrates good accuracy. Permeability has crucial role and greater values of Da results in stronger thermal penetration and isotherms become more disturbed. Intensity of cell augments with rise of Da about 70% in absence of Ha. Impose of Rd cannot affect the isotherms too much while it can change the Nu regarding the definition of this factor. When [Formula: see text], growth of Ha can decline the strength of eddy about 35%. Given [Formula: see text], as Da increases, Nu enhances about 10.24% and 0.25% when [Formula: see text]e5 and 1e3, respectively. Replacing platelet with sphere shape can augment the Nu about 0.38% and 0.6% when [Formula: see text] and 0, respectively.