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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications
An International Journal of Computation and Methodology
Volume 56, 2009 - Issue 4
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Original Articles

Effect of Brownian and Thermophoretic Diffusions of Nanoparticles on Nonequilibrium Heat Conduction in a Nanofluid Layer with Periodic Heat Flux

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Pages 325-341 | Received 10 Feb 2009, Accepted 17 Jun 2009, Published online: 09 Sep 2009
 

Abstract

Effects of Brownian and thermophoretic diffusions on nonequilibrium heat conduction in a nanofluid layer with periodic heat flux on one side and specified temperature on the other side are investigated numerically. The problem is described by eight dimensionless parameters: density ratio, heat capacity ratio, Lewis number, Soret coefficient, initial volume fraction of nanoparticles, initial temperature, Sparrow number, and period of the surface heat flux. Effects of Brownian and thermophoretic diffusions of nanoparticles on nonequilibrium heat conduction in nanofluid obtained by dispersing copper nanoparticles into ethylene glycol are investigated. The results show that the Brownian and thermophoretic diffusions only affect the nanoparticle temperature, but their effect on the heat transfer enhancement is negligible.

The authors would like to express their gratitude to Dr. Robert D. Tzou for his valuable discussions. The work presented in this article was funded by the Office of Naval Research Grant No. N00014-06-1-1119 and the Chinese National Natural Science Foundation under grant number 50828601.

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