Abstract
This study presents numerical simulations on double-diffusive flow of a nanofluid in two cavities connected with four vertical
gates. Novel shape of an outer square shape mounted on a square cavity by four gates was used. Heterogeneous porous media and
Al2O3-water nanofluid are filled in an inner cavity. Outer rectangle shape is filled with a nanofluid only, and its left walls carry high
temperature Th and high concentration Ch. +e right walls of a rectangle shape carry low temperature Tc and low concentration Cc
and the other walls are adiabatic. An incompressible smoothed particle hydrodynamics (ISPH) method is applied for solving the
governing equations of velocities, temperature, and concentration. Results are introduced for the effects of a buoyancy ratio
(−2 ≤ N ≤ 2), Darcy parameter (10− 3 ≤ Da ≤ 10− 5), solid volume fraction (0 ≤ ϕ ≤ 0.05), and porous levels. Main results are
indicated in which the buoyancy ratio parameter adjusts the directions of double-diffusive convection flow in an outer shape and
inner cavity. Adding more concentration of nanoparticles reduces the flow speed and maximum of the velocity field. Due to the
presence of a porous medium layer in an inner cavity, the Darcy parameter has slight changes inside the rectangle shape.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1-14 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Journal of Mathematics |
Volume | 2021 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 10 2021 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2021-02-17Acknowledgements: The first author extends his appreciation to the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia, for funding this work through the Research Group Project under Grant no. RGP.2/17/42. +is work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (no. 71601072), Key Scientific Research Project of Higher Education Institutions in Henan Province of China (no.
20B110006), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Universities of Henan Province.