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The effect of porous medium configuration on nanofluid heat transfer

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The simultaneous effects of the porous medium, i.e., an aluminium foam, and nanoparticles on heat transfer have not been investigated well. Therefore, a 3D computational fluid dynamics model was used in the present research to examine Al2O3/water-based nanofluid heat transfer using five cylinders with different configurations of porous media. An isothermal boundary condition was provided to all cylinders, and different configurations were compared with each other based on their Nusselt number (Nu) and enhancement parameter (EP) values. According to numerical results, due to the higher turbulency increment, the fully porous cylinder had the maximum improvement in the Nu number and the EP value (about 45% increment) in contrast to the empty cylinder.

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Alihosseini, S., Jafari, A. The effect of porous medium configuration on nanofluid heat transfer. Appl Nanosci 10, 895–906 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13204-019-01192-1

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