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Melting heat transportation in radiative flow of nanomaterials with irreversibility analysis

  • Sohail A. Khan
  • , T. Hayat
  • , A. Alsaedi
  • , B. Ahmad
  • Quaid-I-Azam University
  • Faculty of Sciences, King Abdulaziz University

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Abstract

Melting phenomenon of PCMs (phase change materials) is mostly complemented with resilient variation in density of thermal heat. Thermal energy created from numerous sources can be stored in form of latent heat combination throughout melting process of a phase change materials. Thermal energy can be unconfined during the solidification processes. MPCS (microencapsulated phase change slurry) has noteworthy advantages particularly in high energy density and narrow temperature range for various heat energy application. Melting heat transportation has attracted the consideration of scientists and engineers due to its tremendous applications of technological, solidification, casting and industrial processes. A variety of phase change materials with low cost are commercially accessible and do significant work in different circumstances of temperature. Main motivation here is to investigate irreversibility in MHD convection flow of viscous liquid with melting effect over a stretched surface. Slip condition and Lorentz force behaviors are accounted. Energy expression is developed through dissipation, heat radiation and Joule heating. Irreversibility exploration is modeled through second law of thermodynamics. Brownian diffusion and thermophoresis are taken. First order chemical reaction is deliberated. Nonlinear expressions are reduced to ordinary one employing transformation. The obtained systems are solved for the convergent solutions through ND-solve method. Variation of velocity field, entropy rate, temperature, Bejan number and concentration distribution are scrutinized. Velocity filed rises versus higher melting variable. Larger melting parameter decreases the temperature distribution. Concentration and temperature have similar effects against thermophoresis variable. Bejan number and entropy rate have opposite outcome via melting parameter. Higher radiation parameter reduces the entropy rate. For higher radiation both entropy rate and Bejan number have same effect. Main observations are concluded.

Original languageEnglish
Article number110739
JournalRenewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
Volume140
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2021
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Brownian diffusion
  • Entropy generation
  • Joule heating
  • Melting effect
  • Slip condition
  • Thermal radiation
  • Thermophoresis
  • Viscous nanoliquid

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