Role of moving horizontal walls on entropy generation during mixed convection within entrapped triangular cavities |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai- 600036, India;2. Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai- 600036, India;1. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Universitá della Campania ‘Luigi Vanvitelli’, Via Roma 9, Aversa, (CE) 81031, Italy;2. Department of Mathematics Ryerson University, 254 Church Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;3. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Edile e Ambientale Universitá di Napoli ‘Federico II’, Via Claudio 21, Napoli 80125, Italy |
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| Abstract: | A comprehensive analysis based on the irreversibilities associated with the energy flow and entropy generation is highly essential for the optimization of thermal systems. Entropy generation during mixed convection process has been studied in entrapped triangular cavities for moving horizontal walls involving isothermally hot inclined walls and cold horizontal walls (case 1) or isothermally cold inclined walls and hot horizontal walls (case 2). Overall it is found that, Re = 100 may be preferred over Re → 0, Re = 1 and Re = 10 at Pr = 0.026 and 7.2, Gr = 103 ? 105 within the cavities, irrespective of the cases. In addition to Re = 100, Re = 10 may be optimal for the upper cavity with case 1 and lower cavity with case 2 at Gr ≈ 105 (higher Gr regime) and Pr = 7.2 based on moderate heat transfer rates. |
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