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 …

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 …

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 …

Natural convection of CuO-water nanofluid in a conventional oil/water separator cavity: Application to combined-cycle power plants

MS Sadeghi, AS Dogonchi, M Ghodrat… - Journal of the Taiwan …, 2021 - Elsevier
The oily water from various sources in combined cycle power plants is collected in oil/water
separator in which the oil separates from water due to the density difference. The idea of the …

Natural convection in differentially heated partially porous layered cavities filled with a nanofluid

AJ Chamkha, MA Ismael - Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Natural convection heat transfer in a differentially heated and vertically partially layered
porous cavity filled with a nanofluid is studied numerically based on double–domain …

Heat transfer and entropy generation analysis of hybrid graphene/Fe3O4 ferro-nanofluid flow under the influence of a magnetic field

M Mehrali, E Sadeghinezhad, AR Akhiani, ST Latibari… - Powder technology, 2017 - Elsevier
The heat transfer characteristics and entropy generation rate of hybrid graphene-magnetite
nanofluids under forced laminar flow that subjected to the permanent magnetic fields were …

MHD natural convection and entropy generation in a trapezoidal enclosure using Cu–water nanofluid

AH Mahmoudi, I Pop, M Shahi, F Talebi - Computers & Fluids, 2013 - Elsevier
The present work investigates the entropy generation and enhancement of heat transfer in
natural convection flow and heat transfer using Copper (Cu)–water nanofluid in the …

An experimental and numerical investigation of heat transfer enhancement for graphene nanoplatelets nanofluids in turbulent flow conditions

E Sadeghinezhad, H Togun, M Mehrali… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
In this paper, both experimental and numerical studies have been performed on the
turbulent heat transfer of the graphene nanoplatelets nanofluids in a horizontal stainless …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of viscous dissipation and entropy generation on cold liquid via channel with porous medium by analytical analysis

Y Masthanaiah, N Tarakaramu, MI Khan… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the current investigation, it is examined numerically entropy generation (EG) on inherent
irreversibility motion of couple stress cold liquid with porous medium via Horizontal channel …

Entropy generation due to natural convection of a nanofluid in a partially open triangular cavity

NS Bondareva, MA Sheremet, HF Oztop… - Advanced Powder …, 2017 - Elsevier
A numerical analysis of laminar natural convection with entropy generation in a partially
heated open triangular cavity filled with a Cu-water nanofluid has been carried out …