- 1Department of Mathematics, Air University, Islamabad, Pakistan
- 2Department of Mathematics, University of Hafr Al Batin, Hafr Al Batin, Saudi Arabia
- 3International Cultural Exchange School, Donghua University, Shanghai, China
In this article, the thermal flow effects of inclined magnetohydrodynamics ferrofluid filled in a wavy cavity are studied by adopting the finite element method (FEM). The non-dimensional governing equations and model for different parameters are evaluated. The system of non-linear algebraic equations is computed by adopting the Newton method. A space involving quadratic polynomials (
Introduction
Within the computational fluid dynamics field, lid-driven cavity flow is widely researched. Since the geometry of cavity flow is simple, the algorithm can be coded easily and boundary conditions can be applied. Despite the way that the issue shows up simple in many regards, the flow in a cavity holds all of the fluid mechanics, with counter-turning vortices showing up at the cavity’s corners [1]. Cavities with wavy walls can be found in many engineering applications, such as heat exchangers, solar panels, and buildings. A few specialized applications, like cooling of electronic parts and fixed electrical or electronic boxes, cooling or heating rooms, heat exchanger plans, and sunlight-based energy authority plans, are keen on regular convection heat move from wavy surfaces. When considering all of these factors, natural convection heat transmission becomes quite important [2]. K. S. Mushate [3] has numerically examined natural convection thermal flow within a square cavity with two wavy sides. [4] considered the complex wavy walls and offered important knowledge into imminent answers for further developing convection heat move execution inside encased depressions with wavy wall (complex) surfaces. R. C. Mohapatra [5] tackled the natural convection issue in a cavity with three flat walls and a right upward wall with one undulation and three undulations. H. R. Ashorynejad [6] utilized the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) to investigate the thermal flow of uniformly magnetized hybrid nanofluid within a wavy cavity. K. Javaherdeh [7] conducted a numerical study to research the thermal flow properties in a wavy enclosure inside the nanomaterials.
[8] conducted research and utilized 3D numerical simulation to determine the impact of a magnetized ferrofluid and thermal flow in a wavy channel. [9] used a unique approach to explore the behavior of ferrofluid inside a permeable district when presented to an electric field. [10] employed computational study of thermal flow peculiarities in a kerosene-based ferrofluid. [11] considered a numerical study of ferrofluid-filled lid-driven cavity for various heater configurations numerically.
Within the sight of an isothermally heated corner, a numerical investigation of MHD natural convection in a wavy open permeable tall cavity loaded up with a Cu–water nanofluid was researched by [12]. [13] used local thermal non-equilibrium conditions to investigate magnetize hybrid nanomaterial in a wavy porous media. [14] implemented a finite volume approach to analyze the magnetohydrodynamic non-Newtonian ferrofluid to better understand the properties of heat transfer in a duct. [15] studied the entropy-based characteristics of thermal flow rate in a cavity having a rotating obstacle. Furthermore, in everyday life, thermal conductivity has a basic impact on re-scaling the thermal flow characteristics of fluids. In this regard, [16–23] mention some new modifications, addressing major physical aspects and computational techniques. Selimefendigil and Öztop [24] have investigated the characteristics of thermal enhancement through MHD nanofluid in a cavity. Furthermore, they have explored the magnetic field is imposed and its strength is steadily raised, it reduces heat transmission and convective fluid motion. [25] analyzed the effects of heat transfer and a phase change material (PCM) inside the cavity in the presence of nanofluid via finite element computation. In addition, they have considered a lower PCM height and a better thermal conductivity ratio result in enhanced local and average temperature distribution. [26] investigated the influence of entropy generation and MHD nanofluid inside the permeable cavity. The fluctuation of the local Nusselt number for the corrugated wall is affected by the triangle wave’s imposed frequency. The corrugation frequency near the heated wall has a big impact on velocity and temperature implementations.
The objective of the present article is to elucidate the entropy generation process by including the magnetic field and natural convection process. A wide range of irreversibility types have been discussed including the irreversibilities of heat transfer, viscous effects, and magnetic field.
Problem Description
The wavy surface is considered here in this problem and the physical diagram of the problem is portrayed in Figure 1. In a cavity,
The non-dimensional mathematical description of ferrofluid flow governed by the conservation law of mass, momentum, and energy are given as [14]
where symbols have been established in the nomenclature portion. The boundary conditions are given as follows:
i)
ii)
iii)
iv)
Thermophysical Features of Nanofluid
The effective equations for the thermophysical characteristics of the nanoparticle employed in this investigation. Table 1 also takes into account the ferrofluid’s thermophysical characteristics [14].
Entropy Generation
The measurement of local entropy production derived by adding conjugated fluxes and produced forces is referred to as irreversibility analysis. The non-dimensional local entropy production in a convective process and under the effect of a magnetic field is given by [14]:
where
Here,
Here,
In addition, the non-dimensional Bejan number
Numerical Procedure
Because of the non-linearity and coupling of the governing Eqs 1–4, the continuity, momentum, and energy equations cannot be solved with analytical solution techniques, so we executed the solution using numerical approach, namely, FEM. The computational grid on a coarse level is shown in Figure 2 where a hybrid meshing is performed to capture the flow dynamics accurately near the boundaries. A space involving the quadratic polynomials (
For various grid levels, the kinetic energy is determined. As the refinement level is increased, the percentage of an error lowers. The eighth refinement level is employed during findings because the difference between levels 8 and 9 is the smallest (Table 2).
Results and Discussion
In this section, we present the flow features pertaining to different ranges of the involved physical parameters. Figure 3 shows the impact of
Figure 4 shows the variation of the
Figure 5 depicted viscous irreversibility, which is related to
While in case of inclination angle (
Conclusion
In this study, the thermal flow effects of inclined MHD ferrofluid filled in a wavy cavity are studied by adopting the FEM. The study has been considered by varying parameters, like
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• Increasing
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• A forward flow is observed via the horizontal component of the velocity in the upper half of the cavity while a backward flow in the lower half, with a strength directly proportional to the volume fraction
• The vertical component of the velocity is enhanced in the central region of the cavity with an increase in the volume fraction
• For all cases of
Data Availability Statement
The raw data supporting the conclusions of this article will be made available by the authors, without undue reservation.
Author Contributions
YK has carried out modeling and computing data. RM has supervised us. AM and NR have written a complete manuscript. AA and NF have performed revisions and re-wrote the manuscript.
Conflict of Interest
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
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Acknowledgments
The authors extend their appreciation to the Deanship of Scientific Research, University of Hafr Al Batin for funding this work through the research group project no. (0033-1443-S).
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Nomanclature
Abbreviations
Keywords: FEM computation, MHD, ferrofluid, wavy cavity, Bejan number, entropy generation
Citation: Mahmood R, Khan Y, Rahman N, Majeed AH, Alameer A and Faraz N (2022) Numerical Computations of Entropy Generation and MHD Ferrofluid Filled in a Closed Wavy Configuration: Finite Element Based Study. Front. Phys. 10:916394. doi: 10.3389/fphy.2022.916394
Received: 09 April 2022; Accepted: 10 June 2022;
Published: 06 July 2022.
Edited by:
Kh S. Mekheimer, Al-Azhar University, EgyptReviewed by:
A. M. Rashad, Aswan University, EgyptFatih Selimefendigil, Celal Bayar University, Turkey
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*Correspondence: Afraz Hussain Majeed, chafrazhussain@gmail.com; Y. Khan, yasirmath@yahoo.com