A review on entropy generation in natural and mixed convection heat transfer for energy systems

HF Oztop, K Al-Salem - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the second law analysis of thermodynamics in enclosures due to
buoyancy-induced flow for energy systems. It defines entropy generation minimization or …

Entropy generation vs energy efficiency for natural convection based energy flow in enclosures and various applications: a review

P Biswal, T Basak - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
The entropy generation minimization (EGM) technique is an important tool for the
optimization of the thermal systems via the analysis of the associated irreversibilities …

Numerical study of magnetic field on mixed convection and entropy generation of nanofluid in a trapezoidal enclosure

A Aghaei, H Khorasanizadeh, G Sheikhzadeh… - Journal of Magnetism …, 2016 - Elsevier
The flow under influence of magnetic field is experienced in cooling electronic devices and
voltage transformers, nuclear reactors, biochemistry and in physical phenomenon like …

Analysis of entropy generation using nanofluid flow through the circular microchannel and minichannel heat sink

MR Sohel, R Saidur, NH Hassan, MM Elias… - … Communications in Heat …, 2013 - Elsevier
In this paper, different types of entropy generations in the circular shaped microchannel and
minichannel are discussed analytically using different types of nanoparticles and base …

A numerical study on natural convection and entropy generation in a porous enclosure with heat sources

PAK Lam, KA Prakash - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2014 - Elsevier
In this paper, fluid flow and thermal characteristics associated with natural convection heat
transfer in a porous enclosure containing high temperature heat sources placed on top and …

Fully developed thermal transport in combined pressure and electroosmotically driven flow of nanofluid in a microchannel under the effect of a magnetic field

S Sarkar, S Ganguly - Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 2015 - Springer
This paper critically analyzes, for the first time, the effect of nanofluid on thermally fully
developed magnetohydrodynamic flows through microchannel, by considering combined …

Analysis of multiple steady states for natural convection of Newtonian fluids in a square enclosure

M Bhattacharya, T Basak - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Multiple steady states are investigated for natural convection of fluids in a square enclosure
with non-isothermally hot bottom wall, isothermally cold side walls, and thermally insulated …

Analysis of Natural Convection–Radiation Interaction Flow in a Porous Cavity with Al2O3–Cu Water Hybrid Nanofluid: Entropy Generation

SE Ahmed, MA Mansour, A Mahdy - Arabian Journal for Science and …, 2022 - Springer
A numerical treatment of the interaction between two models of heat transfer, namely,
surface thermal radiation and natural convection, of micropolar loaded with Al 2 O 3 and Cu …

Exergy and entropy generation analysis of TiO2–water nanofluid flow through the water block as an electronics device

SS Khaleduzzaman, MR Sohel, IM Mahbubul… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Thermal performance of electronics can be improved by using new heat transfer fluids,
nanofluids. The aim of this research is to experimentally analyze exergy and entropy …

Mixed convection in a double lid-driven sinusoidally heated porous cavity

A Chattopadhyay, SK Pandit, SS Sarma… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper, we have numerically simulated two dimensional (2D) mixed convection flow in
a sinusoidally heated porous cavity whose two vertical walls (lids) are in motion. The left …