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 …

MHD convective heat transfer in a discretely heated square cavity with conductive inner block using two-phase nanofluid model

AI Alsabery, MA Sheremet, AJ Chamkha, I Hashim - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
The problem of steady, laminar natural convection in a discretely heated and cooled square
cavity filled by an alumina/water nanofluid with a centered heat-conducting solid block under …

Entropy generation analysis of triple diffusive flow past a horizontal plate in porous medium

ZH Khan, WA Khan, J Tang, MA Sheremet - Chemical Engineering Science, 2020 - Elsevier
The combined natural heat and mass transfer, the so-called thermosolutal convective
problem, has become an attractive field of research in many diversified areas. In this paper …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Optimization approach for MoS2-water ethylene glycol mixture nanofluid flow in a wavy enclosure

K Hosseinzadeh, S Akbari, S Faghiri… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The mixed convective heat transfer in a two-dimensional enclosure containing ethylene
glycol-water mixture-based MoS 2 nanofluid in the presence of magnetic field and thermal …

Heat transfer analysis of water based SWCNTs through parallel fins enclosed by square cavity

RU Haq, SS Shah, EA Algehyne, I Tlili - International Communications in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Analysis of natural convection due to various positions of bottom heated fin is
performed in a square cavity that is filled by water-based Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes …

[HTML][HTML] Double-diffusive natural convection and entropy generation in an enclosure of aspect ratio 4 with partial vertical heating and salting sources

F Oueslati, B Ben-Beya, T Lili - Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2013 - Elsevier
Double-diffusive natural convection with entropy generation in a two-dimensional enclosure
with partial vertical heating and salting sources for an aspect ratio Ar= 4 is investigated in the …

Effects of the inclination angle on natural convection heat transfer and entropy generation in a square porous enclosure

P Meshram, S Bhardwaj, A Dalal… - Numerical Heat Transfer …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper, we analyze numerically the effects of the inclination angle on natural
convection heat transfer and entropy generation characteristics in a two-dimensional square …

Impact of thermal source-sink arrangements on buoyant convection in a nanofluid-filled annular enclosure

NK Reddy, M Sankar, B Jang - Journal of Heat …, 2022 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This investigation is devoted to analyze the buoyancy-driven flow behavior and associated
thermal dissipation rate in a nanofluid-filled annular region with five different single source …

Entropy generation analysis and natural convection in a nanofluid-filled square cavity with a concentric solid insert and different temperature distributions

AI Alsabery, MS Ishak, AJ Chamkha, I Hashim - Entropy, 2018 - mdpi.com
The problem of entropy generation analysis and natural convection in a nanofluid square
cavity with a concentric solid insert and different temperature distributions is studied …