A review of entropy generation in nanofluid flow

O Mahian, A Kianifar, C Kleinstreuer… - International Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
The development and use of nanofluids, ie, dilute suspensions of nanoparticles in liquids,
have found a wide range of applications in consumer products, nanomedicine, energy …

A comprehensive review on mixed convection of nanofluids in various shapes of enclosures

S Izadi, T Armaghani, R Ghasemiasl, AJ Chamkha… - Powder Technology, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper aims to review all the published studies about mixed convection of nanofluids in
enclosures. The papers are categorized into four main classes, namely square (and …

Natural convective heat transfer and entropy generation of alumina/water nanofluid in a tilted enclosure with an elliptic constant temperature: applying magnetic field …

S Aghakhani, AH Pordanjani, M Afrand… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, the free convection of Al 2 O 3/water nano-fluid in a tilted enclosure is
investigated. The enclosure is under a magnetic field. A curved shape fin is placed in the …

Investigation of free convection heat transfer and entropy generation of nanofluid flow inside a cavity affected by magnetic field and thermal radiation

A Hajatzadeh Pordanjani, S Aghakhani… - Journal of Thermal …, 2019 - Springer
In this paper, the effect of the presence of radiation on the convection heat transfer rate and
the nanofluid entropy generation within a diagonal rectangular chamber is investigated …

Simulation of copper–water nanofluid in a microchannel in slip flow regime using the lattice Boltzmann method

A Karimipour, AH Nezhad, A D'Orazio, MH Esfe… - European Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Laminar forced convection heat transfer of water–Cu nanofluids in a microchannel was
studied utilizing the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM). The entering flow was at a lower …

MHD natural convection and entropy generation of non-Newtonian ferrofluid in a wavy enclosure

S Afsana, MM Molla, P Nag, LK Saha… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Two-dimensional laminar magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) natural convection flow of non-
Newtonian ferrofluid has been investigated to understand the characteristics of heat transfer …

Optimization of mixed convection heat transfer with entropy generation in a wavy surface square lid-driven cavity by means of Taguchi approach

M Mamourian, KM Shirvan, R Ellahi… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
The optimum conditions of the mixed convection heat transfer in a wavy surface square
cavity filled with Cu–water nanofluid by utilizing the Taguchi method is presented. The …

MHD natural convection and entropy generation of ferrofluids in a cavity with a non-uniformly heated horizontal plate

C Sivaraj, MA Sheremet - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2018 - Elsevier
Numerical analysis has been performed to study natural convection heat transfer combined
with entropy generation of ferrofluid in a square cavity with a non-uniformly heated centered …

Heat transfer and entropy generation through nanofluid filled direct absorption solar collector

S Parvin, R Nasrin, MA Alim - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2014 - Elsevier
Sustainable energy generation is one of the most important challenges facing society today.
Solar energy is one of the best sources of renewable energy with minimal environmental …

Application of a novel biological nanofluid in a liquid block heat sink for cooling of an electronic processor: thermal performance and irreversibility considerations

M Bahiraei, S Heshmatian - Energy Conversion and Management, 2017 - Elsevier
Hydrothermal characteristics and entropy generation of a biological nanofluid containing
silver nanoparticles are evaluated in a liquid block heat sink for cooling of an electronic …