Critical review on local thermal equilibrium and local thermal non-equilibrium approaches for the analysis of forced convective flow through porous media

S Pati, A Borah, MP Boruah, PR Randive - International communications in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Scientific community from the field of thermo-fluidics have focused extensive attention
towards investigating techniques of enhancing the heat transfer in varied thermal systems …

Challenges and progress on the modelling of entropy generation in porous media: a review

M Torabi, N Karimi, GP Peterson, S Yee - International Journal of Heat and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Depending upon the ultimate design, the use of porous media in thermal and chemical
systems can provide significant operational advantages, including helping to maintain a …

Analysis of irreversibility for 3-D MHD convective Darcy–Forchheimer Casson hybrid nanofluid flow due to a rotating disk with Cattaneo–Christov heat flux, Joule …

D Mohanty, G Mahanta, S Shaw - Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Irreversibility analysis gives an idea of the energy loss of the system which appears in most
industrial applications. In the present problem, the irreversibility of a 3-D Darcy–Forchheimer …

Thermal and electrical efficiencies enhancement of a solar photovoltaic-thermal/air system (PVT/air) using metal foams

M Tahmasbi, M Siavashi, AM Norouzi… - Journal of the Taiwan …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) collectors, are useful systems to absorb solar energy
and convert that to electrical and thermal energy. However, to make the best out of solar …

MHD nanofluid free convection and entropy generation in porous enclosures with different conductivity ratios

K Ghasemi, M Siavashi - Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 2017 - Elsevier
MHD natural convection of Cu-water nanofluid in a square porous enclosure is investigated
using a parallel LBM code, considering temperature dependence of viscosity and viscous …

Magnetic field effects on forced convection flow of a hybrid nanofluid in a cylinder filled with porous media: A numerical study

E Aminian, H Moghadasi, H Saffari - Journal of Thermal Analysis and …, 2020 - Springer
The magnetic field can serve as a proper controlling parameter for heat transfer and fluid
flow; it can be also employed to maximize the thermodynamic efficiency in various fields …

Numerical investigation of flow characteristics, heat transfer and entropy generation of nanofluid flow inside an annular pipe partially or completely filled with porous …

M Siavashi, HRT Bahrami, H Saffari - Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
Simultaneous application of nanoparticles and porous media to enhance heat transfer
inside an annulus is investigated numerically. Two-phase mixture model along with Darcy …

An experimental investigation on forced convection heat transfer of single-phase flow in a channel with different arrangements of porous media

S Baragh, H Shokouhmand, SSM Ajarostaghi… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Nowadays, heat transfer in porous zone plays an important role in many industrial and
modern applications. For this reason, issues related to porous media are important in the …

Heat transfer enhancement in a counter-flow sinusoidal parallel-plate heat exchanger partially filled with porous media using metal foam in the channels' divergent …

H Arasteh, R Mashayekhi, M Ghaneifar… - Journal of Thermal …, 2020 - Springer
This is a numerical study of heat transfer and flow in a counter-flow sinusoidal parallel-plate
heat exchanger using metal foam in the channels' divergent sections. The cold water fluid …

Two-phase mixture numerical simulation of natural convection of nanofluid flow in a cavity partially filled with porous media to enhance heat transfer

MH Toosi, M Siavashi - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2017 - Elsevier
Natural convection of Cu-water nanofluid inside a square cavity partially filled with porous
media is investigated numerically using two-phase mixture model. The mixture density and …