Impacts of Freezing Temperature Based Thermal Conductivity on the Heat Transfer Gradient in Nanofluids: Applications for a Curved Riga Surface

• Main Authors: Adnan, Syed Zulfiqar Ali Zaidi, Umar Khan, Naveed Ahmed, Syed Tauseef Mohyud-Din, Yu-Ming Chu, Ilyas Khan, Kottakkaran Sooppy Nisar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2020-05-01
• Series: Molecules
• Subjects: curved Riga surface; Al₂O₃ nanoparticles; thermal conductivity; freezing temperature; curvature; heat transfer
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/25/9/2152

The flow of nanofluid over a curved Riga surface is a topic of interest in the field of fluid dynamics. A literature survey revealed that the impacts of freezing temperature and the diameter of nanoparticles on the heat transfer over a curved Riga surface have not been examined so far. Therefore, the flow of nanoparticles, which comprises the influences of freezing temperature and nanoparticle diameter in the energy equation, was modeled over a curved Riga surface. The model was reduced successfully in the nondimensional version by implementing the feasible similarity transformations and effective models of nanofluids. The coupled nonlinear model was then examined numerically and highlighted the impacts of various flow quantities in the flow regimes and heat transfer, with graphical aid. It was examined that nanofluid velocity dropped by increasing the flow parameters <i>γ</i> and <i>S</i>, and an abrupt decrement occurred at the surface of the Riga sheet. The boundary layer region enhances for larger <i>γ</i>. The temperature distribution was enhanced for a more magnetized nanofluid, and the thermal boundary layer increased with a larger <i>R</i> parameter. The volume fraction of the nanoparticles favors the effective density and dynamic viscosity of the nanofluids. A maximum amount of heat transfer at the surface was observed for a more magnetized nanofluid.