Numerical investigation of natural convection heat transfer in a cavity utilizing Al2O3-water nanofluid: Effect of baffle height
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.56053/1.3.137Keywords:
Nanofluid, Natural convection, CavityAbstract
The objective of this work is to investigate numerically the single phase natural convective heat transfer in a cavity with baffle utilizing Al2O3-water nano fluid. The study is carried out numerically for a range of baffle heights, h=0.2, 0.5 and 0.8. Results are presented in the form of streamline and isotherm plots. The results show that heat transfer decreases considerably with increasing partition height. For the two-baffle cavity, as the height of baffle increases, separation in the vortices is seen and there is only conduction heat transfer between two baffles. Compared to the top-attached cavity, for the top-attached cavity, streamlines and isotherms are symmetric to the central line. For the two-baffle cavity, all the plots are symmetric to the central line.
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