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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications
An International Journal of Computation and Methodology
Volume 66, 2014 - Issue 8
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Original Articles

Effect of the Buoyancy Ratio on Oscillatory Double-Diffusive Convection in Binary Mixture

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Pages 928-946 | Received 22 Aug 2013, Accepted 22 Jan 2014, Published online: 25 Jun 2014
 

Abstract

In this work, a numerical study of double-diffusive convection in binary mixture has been presented. A square cavity filled with a binary mixture and exposed to opposition solute and thermal gradients has been considered. The following flow parameters were considered: Prandtl number Pr = 10, Lewis number Le = 10, and buoyancy ratio varies 0 ≤ N ≤ 2. The finite volume method with SIMPLER algorithm was used to solving numerically the mathematical model. Our computer code is validated and shows a good agreement with literature available results. The obtained results show a strongest dependence of the thermal structure and solute effect with the buoyancy ratio. The oscillatory double-diffusive flow appeared from periodic time-evolution where the phenomena retuned in each period time. A critical thermal Rayleigh number RaTcr and corresponding dominated frequency for the onset of oscillatory double-diffusive convection were determined for each buoyancy ratio N, and the results show a strongest dependence between the buoyancy ratio and critical Rayleigh number. Also, the dominance of solute force increases the intensity of the flow better than the case of the dominance of thermal force.

Acknowledgments

The authors take this opportunity to express sincere respect to the reviewers for their comments.

Notes

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