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 …

[图书][B] Convection in porous media

DA Nield, A Bejan - 2006 - Springer
By a porous medium we mean a material consisting of a solid matrix with an interconnected
void. We suppose that the solid matrix is either rigid (the usual situation) or it undergoes …

Conjugate heat transfer and entropy generation in a cavity filled with a nanofluid-saturated porous media and heated by a triangular solid

MA Ismael, T Armaghani, AJ Chamkha - Journal of the Taiwan Institute of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Entropy generation due to conjugate natural convection–conduction heat transfer in a
square domain is numerically investigated under steady-state condition. The domain …

Entropy generation and natural convection of CuO-water nanofluid in C-shaped cavity under magnetic field

A Chamkha, M Ismael, A Kasaeipoor, T Armaghani - Entropy, 2016 - mdpi.com
This paper investigates the entropy generation and natural convection inside a C-shaped
cavity filled with CuO-water nanofluid and subjected to a uniform magnetic field. The …

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 …

Natural convection of nanofluid inside a wavy cavity with a non-uniform heating: entropy generation analysis

M Sheremet, I Pop, HF Öztop… - International Journal of …, 2017 - emerald.com
Purpose The main purpose of this numerical study is to study on entropy generation in
natural convection of nanofluid in a wavy cavity using a single-phase nanofluid model …

Thermal effects of nonuniform heating in a nanofluid‐filled annulus: Buoyant transport versus entropy generation

M Sankar, HAK Swamy, Y Do, S Altmeyer - Heat Transfer, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The primary challenge in the majority of heat transfer applications, in view of design
perspective, is to maximize the thermal transport with the minimum generation of entropy …

MHD convection and entropy generation of nanofluid in a porous enclosure with sinusoidal heating

S Malik, AK Nayak - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2017 - Elsevier
A numerical study of heat transfer and entropy generation of a magneto-hydrodynamic
(MHD) nanofluid flow inside an enclosure filled with a fluid saturated porous medium is …

Entropy generation in nanofluid flow due to double diffusive MHD mixed convection

P Mondal, TR Mahapatra, R Parveen - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
This work is concerned with the numerical study of laminar, steady MHD mixed convection
flow, and entropy generation analysis of A l 2 O 3-water nanofluid flowing in a lid-driven …

Natural convection heat transfer and entropy generation inside porous quadrantal enclosure with nonisothermal heating at the bottom wall

S Dutta, AK Biswas, S Pati - Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
In this work, we study numerically the natural convection heat transfer and entropy
generation characteristics inside a two-dimensional porous quadrantal enclosure heated …